Nana Grizol - Explained Away lyrics

Someone told a story About a man who'd live through Hell And stumbled, orphaned, to his home To find the servants living well And how they welcomed him like family As they plotted out some deed To k** him in his sleep and stay To satisfy their greed I thought of who it is who's story gets remembered in the end And through how many careful tellings does one practice their defense Some nuances the narrator selectively omits A once collective memory is destined to forget Yeah we make decisions that account for the worlds that we live in We make explanations that amount to the ones we envision It isn't just the horror of the way he k**ed those kids But the way the tale was told explained away the deed he did You know that everybody needs a place to live You show your willfulness to ignorance with the council that you give The testimonial performances belie the lies you've lived Another actor on the podium feels slighted by the ways And abstractions been amended on some broken, bygone days Yeah but these politics have victims, they get stuck there in the space Between the weight of great ideals and the narratives they shape It wasn't you there with the handgun, but your fax machine and pen Your personal computer, and your business acumen Appeal to a notion that we all deserve what we can reach for That what sits in your sight is a God-given right Yes in spite of the slights you can't speak for Sees fairness as a function of the rules that you can't bend Takes action over nothing but the naked will to win