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Verse 1

 I never knew what everybody meant

 By endless, hopeless, bleak despair

 Until one day when I found out

 The first time I ever left my house

 It saw me and followed me home

 And stayed with me for my whole life

Pre Chorus:

 For years and years I wandered the earth

 Condemned to a life of bleak despair

 Then, one day, I looked around

 And found it had disappeared

Chorus

 Hopeless bleak despair

 It was always there

 And then, one day, it disappeared

 In a puff of smoke

 In an unceremonious way

 One day, it disappeared

Verse 2

All I had ever wanted in my life

Was only to be free of it

It drove away my family

It made me lose my job

Whenever anybody saw it

They'd say "get out of here"

Pre Chorus:

For years and years I wandered the earth

Sick of my life, looking forward to death

Then, one day, I looked around

And found it had disappeared

Chorus

Hopeless bleak despair

It was always there

And then, one day, it disappeared

In a puff of smoke

In an unceremonious way

One day, it disappeared

Bridge

Hopeless bleak despair

Hopeless bleak despair

Hopeless bleak despair

Pre Chorus:

For years and years I wandered the earth

Until I died and went to hell

But my despair had ascended to heaven

That's how I finally got rid of it

Chorus

Hopeless bleak despair

It was always there

And then, one day, it disappeared

In a puff of smoke

In an unceremonious way

One day, it disappeared

Hopeless bleak despair

It was always there

And then, one day, it disappeared

In a puff of smoke

In an unceremonious way

One day, it disappeared