When In Rome

Stare expectantly at the middle distance

Act belatedly, blinded by existence

Existence, so to speak, there's nothing to be gained from

Absent mindedly marching to the same drum

Recycled Mosely in devolved accusations, sheer complacency, hide behind the nation

Nation, so to speak, there's something about violence

That binds us all together in our difference

Ask as to why, they say 'when in Rome'

Passing the blame until the cows come home

Pack it all in and in a heartbeat, let it go, let it go, when in Rome

Read through gritted teeth, from the column of a broadsheet

Repeat word for word, something 'bout the, way they're dragged up in concrete

Conclude conversely, with the deepest respect, justified by context

Condescendingly, like they got no choice in it, like there isn't a limit?

Ask as to why, they say 'when in Rome'

Passing the blame until the cows come home

Pack it all in and in a heartbeat, let it go, let it go, when in Rome

Set them alight and put them in the stocks

Don't feel so proud when they're put in the dock

Renouncing each other in a heartbeat, all for show, all for show, when in Rome

And that's the way now

Nothing to say now, say now

And that's the way now

Let it go, when in Rome

Ask as to why, they say 'when in Rome'

Passing the blame until the cows come home

Pack it all in an  in a heartbeat, let it go, let it go, when in Rome

Find out you're someone that you thought you're not

Wind yourself up so much you end up shot

Look at yourself then in a heartbeat, let it go, let it go, when in Rome

Bottle it up for now but half contained

Itching the scratch but still the scars remain

Still nothing's changed, yeah, it's insane, when in Rome