The Sound of the Bell

I'll buy you diamonds
I'll keep you in this hotel
You're so precious
I want you all to myself

If we're on camera then you've hammed this up before
And we both think that we're running the show
Waiting to hear you shout "No"

I'm acting above my station
Trying to perfect this sense of degradation
But the dogs come up
I succeed too well
And I start to drool at the sound of the bell

Tear up the mattress (tear up the mattress)
So sweet when you cry just a bit
Beaten on a stairway (on a stairway)
Loving every moment of it

Down in the foyer there's a documentary crew
And they say: "All that we want are the facts
So show us your legs and relax
Give us some highlife and some human interest"

Fast people in a fastfood place
And he slides through the crowd like a venomous snake
He says: "Try some of this and now do some of that"
He's got his eye on your handbag and the key to your flat

It feels so good not to think for yourself
You can put the blame on somebody else
But your eyes still see
And you know that smell
And you start to come at the sound of the bell

You've got the five proud walkers
You've got the cast-iron staircase
You've got the dance in the cages

You've got the five proud walkers (at the sound of the bell)
You've got the cast-iron staircase
You've got the dance in the cages

You've got the five proud walkers
You've got the cast-iron staircase (hmm, at the sound of the bell)
You've got the dance in the cages

You've got the five proud walkers
You've got the cast-iron staircase (ooh-hoo)
You've got the dance in the cages (sound of the bell)