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  

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  

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  

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" 

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  

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 
Hopeless bleak despair 
Hopeless bleak despair 
 
For years and years I wandered the earth 
Until I died and went to [bad word] 
But my despair had ascended to heaven 
That's how I finally got rid of it 

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