Bloodless Coup

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
 Chorus:
 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