(Sullivan/Dean/Monger) 2024
I did nothing wrong, I did nothing wrong I was always straight and honest as the days were always long I loved the job, I loved to help the people I did nothing wrong, they found me in the morning Asleep in a sea of paper, coffee stains and bits of paper Failed sums and bits of paper and nothing still resolved Tick the boxes only, only ones and zeros Only tick the boxes, winners and losers only Only right and wrong, innocent or guilty only I stare at numbers and stare at the screen I stare at numbers and stare at the walls closing in I stare at numbers and stare at the screen I stare at numbers and stare at the walls closing in Machines do not lie, machines cannot lie The company men arrive, business suits and poker faces I offered what I could, but I am under suspicion Must be, Somebody knows what’s going on, somebody isn’t saying The strategies of money, multiply with others paying And everything decided higher up the chain I stare at numbers and stare at the screen I stare at numbers and stare at the walls closing in I stare at numbers and stare at the screen I stare at numbers and stare at the walls closing in The circuits, the logic, it follows, it follows, it follows… That if you like that you’re going to love this If you bought that, you’re going to buy this If you followed that, you’re going to follow this If you agreed with that, you can agree with this If you like that you’re going to love this If you bought that, you’re going to buy this If you swallowed that, you’re going to swallow this If you agreed with that, you can agree with this And oh, the numbers game and the losers to take the blame And the acrid smell of fear, it seeps in everywhere I did nothing wrong, I told them in the courtroom Now the sound of prison metal, the sound of closing gates And worst of all, the sound of footsteps receding Published by PRS/MCPS
