Many bands write songs about getting drugs. We must be one of the few bands that has written about very conspicuously not getting drugs. Contrary to popular belief, "Safe Mate" is not Norton Internet Security's answer to the Companion Cube.
lyrics
I know a guy - well, a friend of a friend.
He can get me stuff that's super high-end.
He calls it "cannabis", but we call it "weed".
Twenty quid's worth is all that I need.
Safe mate, have you got any pot?
I want enough to get torched out my bun.
Just twenty quid is all that I want,
I hope that I can get some clouds out in Abberton.
My drug dealer's gone back to the pen,
So now I need another contact again.
Met a guy in the car with the dodgy steering,
And a 2:1 in Chemical Engineering.
Safe mate, have you got any coke?
I want enough to ice a cake.
Why are you laughing, mate, this isn't a joke?
You're high, I'm high, we're no longer awake.
That guy was a massive tool,
So I called an old mate from school.
She said that her flatmate had lab access,
And of the research chemicals would sell the excess.
Safe mate, have you got any ket?
I want to rack a line as long as my thumb.
Just a tenner's worth so I can get set.
One more hit and I'm done, one more and I'm fucking done.
Safe mate, you know you've got me fucking trapped!
Save me! You know you've got me trapped! Trapped!
Safe mate, where's the clinic?
I've got a sore throat, and a nasty cough.
Withdrawal symptoms aren't a picnic,
And all these drugs made my nob fall off.
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