There is a sleeping dog Under this dialogue Obedient only to rhyme And if I could beckon her If I could find the words All they would be is lies Tell me why this failure is making you smile Then off goes the bell ringing through my head Signifies that all's been said This failure is making you smile Off goes the bell ringing through my head There is a passenger In every useless word That can never be twisted or sold Center of my skin The body of discipline It must be a million years old I've been told you're offering more than you owe Then off goes the bell ringing through my head Signifies that all's been said You're offering more than you owe Off goes the bell ringing through my head Then off goes the bell ringing through my head Signifies that all's been said Off goes the bell ringing through my head Then off goes the bell ringing through my head Signifies that all's been said Off goes the bell ringing through my head