Currency in a bankrupt world

<p>[Verse 1]<br/>She&#x27;s alright, she lies and tells herself<br/>Through every artificial smile<br/>Since he walked, and left her with their unborn child<br/>Denial<br/><br/>[Verse 2]<br/>Stop the world<br/>Life&#x27;s a rip-off and she&#x27;s more than paid the price<br/>Looks around at what&#x27;s left of her burning paradise<br/>But don&#x27;t you know<br/><br/>[Chorus]<br/>When hope is gone<br/>Looking for a reason just to carry on<br/>To lay that burden down you&#x27;ve carried way too long and<br/>Holding on<br/>When the dream&#x27;s foreclosed and life is overdrawn<br/>There&#x27;s currency left in this bankrupt world after all<br/>[Lead break: Val]<br/><br/>[Verse 3]<br/>Take a bow<br/>He says &quot;I&#x27;ve blown it all<br/>And burned my whole world to the ground<br/>Checking out<br/>&#x27;Cause no one will miss me now&quot;<br/>Lost it all<br/>Thinks he defaulted on this life<br/>Beyond the pale<br/>Sixteen pennies short of his coffin&#x27;s final nail<br/>But it&#x27;s not for sale<br/><br/>[Chorus]<br/>When hope is gone<br/>Looking for a reason just to carry on<br/>To lay that burden down you&#x27;ve carried way too long and<br/>Holding on<br/>When the dream&#x27;s foreclosed and life is overdrawn<br/>There&#x27;s currency left in this bankrupt world after all<br/><br/>[Bridge]<br/>On the darkest day, they all went away<br/>One by one, they turned and walked the other way<br/>[Pre-Chorus]<br/>In despair and desperation<br/>She calls upon a long-forgotten friend<br/>Always there, closer than a brother &#x27;til the end<br/><br/>[Chorus]<br/>When hope is gone<br/>Looking for a reason just to carry on<br/>To lay that burden down you&#x27;ve carried way too long and<br/>Holding on<br/>When the dream&#x27;s foreclosed and life is overdrawn<br/>There&#x27;s currency left in this bankrupt world after all