You Can't Help Me Now

[Verse 1: Aimee Mann] Any time you establish a world of your own, you get thrown Try and answer a bomb with a calm undertone, alone I wanted you to know that I put up a fight But everything goes missing when they dim the light The catastrophic sinking of the windless kite [Chorus: Ted Leo & Aimee Mann] And even you can't help me now You can't help You can't help me now You can't help [Verse 2: Ted Leo] Any time you establish a need to atone, you're prone Down the tracks you can map on the seams of your own broken bones I wanted you to know I'm not here to indict And everything you've seen is like a second sight We're inheriting the balance of a poor birthright [Chorus: Ted Leo & Aimee Mann] And even you can't help me now You can't help You can't help me now You can't help [Bridge: Ted Leo & Aimee Mann] You want to say that you were waiting for this But you weren't ready yet And those "If only's" only clothe the good In front of you with regret [Verse 3: Aimee Mann] I wanted you to know that it was understood I know if you could come around again you would But baby, I can't see you in this neighborhood [Chorus: Ted Leo & Aimee Mann] And even you can't help me now You can't help You can't help me now You can't help