I Did Nothing Wrong

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

And now I stare at numbers and stare at the screen

I starе at numbers and stare at the walls closing in

Machinеs 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

And now 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