[INSTRUMENTAL — harpsichord arpeggios, twang guitar and brass joining] [VERSE 1 — nimble vocal, chromatic bass stepping below] Mara held the gun on Voss and told him not to move He looked at it, he looked at her, he almost looked amused He said, "Kell checked your little weapon at the boatyard, every round" She pulled the trigger once and heard a small, dead sound [PRE-CHORUS — rising melody, harpsichord tightening] One click for the money One click for the past One click for the brother Behind her back [CHORUS — tense open hook, strings lifting] Her gun was empty Her gun was empty She still held it steady She didn't run [VERSE 2 — quicker vocal, bongos and guitar trading] Kell stepped forward, Eli stumbled, Voss reached for the brown I drove the marina car straight through the gate and through the crowd Not brave, not clever, just the only thing I knew to do Mara got in, Eli got in, Voss did not [CHORUS — tense open hook, strings lifting] Her gun was empty Her gun was empty She still held it steady She didn't run [INSTRUMENTAL — swirling guitar solo, harpsichord continuing beneath] [VERSE 3 — urgent vocal, bass stepping hard] Behind us men in blue coats came across the customs yard The journalist had found someone that Voss hadn't bought Kell vanished down the fish market, Voss stood by his car Mara kept the empty weapon aimed at Voss from afar [BRIDGE — vocal close then lifting, muted brass pulsing] She could have shot him if she'd had the bullets, that's the truth I could have told her not to, but I didn't want to Eli watched her from the back seat like he didn't know her Perhaps he didn't [OUTRO — harpsichord circling, vocal echoing] Her gun was empty Her gun was empty The harbor sirens Weren't ours
