darlin' can you hear that bell?
sounds like they are calling time
and rolling out welfare to work
and carving up the bottom line
we never tasted buoyancy
or the crash of negative equity
but our kingdom too was built and owned
on the illusion of control
and it pulls you in
it's a hopeless thing
just what a body could do without

my handbrake turn on all we planned
ever since she went and threw her hand
still can't figure if i did enough
and i'm sure i don't know how to love
all those eyes that turn themselves away
when it whispers inside all i say
you too darlin' i could tell
guess nobody knows me very well
and it pulls you in
it's a hopeless thing
just what a body could do without

hearts long broke will still pump on
ask the depressed and overdrawn
am i so strong that it looks easy?
bet that's what you don't miss about me
bracing for the next big shock
your name's still on the letterbox
ordinary now, with smaller hopes
we've joined the ranks of those restless ghosts
and it pulls you in
it's a hopeless thing
just what a body could do without