Feigned Hearing - Colin Newman

I’ve heard it all before

I don’t speak out this way

What you cannot ignore

There always is a price to pay

If you should speak

If you should make a sound

If you should even step away

There’s never any time

It all was over yesterday

The tragedy and mime (of mine?)

Only causes more delay

The arbiter of fate

Deciding who is just or not

Always comes too late

Looking for what he forgot