When there's no one you can call
When there's someone, but they're not someone at all
When there's not a soul to break your fall
You got no one in the world
I see them come, I see them go
I see the sparrows caught in the ticket hall
I talk too much and I know, fuck all
But I'm your someone in the world

I'm the mission, I'm your people
I'm the church bells you think you heard
Telling you: You got someone in the world

Some days, the nights go on for years
The darkness bends and whispers in your ear
But I know you'll make it through the dawn
'Cause you got someone in the world
And when it seems the world's gone mad
And it's used up all the love it ever had
Just look behind you on the road
You got someone in the world

I'm the mission, I'm your people
I'm the church bells you think you heard
Telling you: You got someone in the world

I hurt you and you hurt me
The waves of anger came and dragged us out to sea
But the grip that makes the pearl
Is being someone, someone in the world
I've seen them come, I've seen them go
I see the sparrows caught in the ticket hall
I talk too much and I know, fuck all
But I'm your someone in the world

I'll keep you from the nutters
From the beautiful and weird
'Cause you're my someone
You're my someone in the world