Nana Grizol - Explained away

^CSomeone told a story about a man who'd lived through Hell And stumbled, or^Dmphaned, to his home, to find the s^Fervants living ^Gwell And how they ^Cwelcomed him like family as they ^Cplotted out some deed To ^Dmkill him in his sleep and stay to ^Fsatisfy their ^Ggreed I thought of ^Fwho it is whose ^Abstory gets re^Cmembered in the end And through how ^Dmmany careful tellings does one ^Fpractice their de^Gfense Some ^Fnuances the na^Abrrator se^Clectively omits Or ^Dmones collective memory is ^Fdestined to for^Gget

Yeah, we make de^Fcisions that account for the worlds that we ^Clive in We make expla^Fnations that amount to the ones we en^Cvision It ^Fisn't just the horror of the ^Cway he killed those kids But the ^Dmway the tale was told explained a^Fway the deed he ^Gdid You know that ^Feverybody ^Abneeds a place to ^Clive

You show your ^Cwillfulness to ignorance with the ^Ccouncil that you give The testi^Dmmonial performances be^Flie the lies you've ^Glived Another ^Cactor on the podium feels ^Cslighted by the way And ab^Dmstractions been amended on some ^Fbroken, bygone ^Gdays Yeah but these ^Fpolitics have ^Abvictims, they get ^Cstuck there in the space Between the ^Dmweight of great ideals and the ^Fnarratives they ^Gshape It wasn't ^Fyou there with the ^Abhandgun, but your ^Cfax machine and pen Your ^Dmpersonal computer, and your ^Fbusiness ^Gacumen

Appeal to a ^Fnotion that we all deserve what we can ^Creach for That what ^Fsits in your sight is a God-given right, yes In ^Cspite of the slights you can't ^Gspeak for Sees ^Ffairness as a function of the ^Crules that you can't bend Takes ^Dmaction over nothing but the ^Fnaked will to ^Gwin