Bloodless Coup - Sweet Billy Pilgrim

He wipes clean slates

The tearful diplomat who negotiates

The end of all beginnings

Hapless and humble now

He stumbles from a building putting fires out

And runs and runs away

What’s to overthrow

When everything you know’s corrupted

No matter what you do

You’re never going to make it right

You’re never going to feel alive

‘Til you’re defeated and broken

You’re never going to make it up

It’s never going to be enough

To turn it all round

We fall down again

Take heart and lose face

It’s easier to breathe when the declaration’s made

And flags are lowered

It burns like paper boats

He swallows every promise like an antidote

‘Til lips are numb with hope

And who’s to overthrow

When power makes us so indifferent

No matter what you do

How’s it going to feel when the doors give way

What you going to see when the light can’t find you

What you going to do when the pennies drop

When you look up and it’s all behind you