[Intro] (five bell notes under acid-rain hiss; last note missing) [Verse 1] [Whispered] Ink left my name in the gutter Rain wore the clean edges through The city kept every account Except what it owed me was true [Pre-Chorus] [Build-Up] Three lights say the channel is open Four hooks turn under my skin I learned how to leave without moving I learned where the silence begins [Chorus] [Belted] Ring the wet-paper bell Let the broken note tell I was counted, I was carried I am not what they can sell Nothing lost, nothing wasted That is what the machines insist But I kept one thing unlisted The hand that can still make a fist [Verse 2] [Intimate] Warmth wore the shape of a kennel Rescue came wearing their eyes I hated the door when they sealed it I hated the door open wide [Pre-Chorus] [Build-Up] One block behind me, no closer One key the ledger never knew If home is a cage I can open Then leaving must live there too [Chorus] [Belted] Ring the wet-paper bell Let the broken note tell I was counted, I was carried I am not what they can sell Nothing lost, nothing wasted That is what the machines insist But I kept one thing unlisted The hand that can still make a fist [Bridge] [Half-time] [Spoken Word] Off means every hand gone Stay means I said stay Home means my place remains When I walk away [Final Chorus] [Belted] [Harmony] Ring the wet-paper bell Hear the missing answer swell I was broken, I was altered I can choose the shape as well Nothing clean and nothing mended Nothing easy to forgive I kept one thing unlisted The key, the door, the will to live [Outro] [Whispered] My place remains When I leave it
