After The Fact

from Pop Philosophy by Worldview

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We never said we'll get back to you
We never said you can't hold a tune
May we suggest your memory's confused?
After the fact
After the fact

We never said the sound isn't right
We never said they don't play in time
It's evident the whole thing's sublime
After the fact
After the fact

And no one shows
What everybody knows
That nobody knows anything
Yeah no one shows
What everybody knows
That nobody knows anything

And though we're sure your voice is unique
We've got to turn out more like you quick
Because the public's called you a hit

And no one shows
What everybody knows
That nobody knows anything
No no one shows
The truth that Goldman wrote

It's no real mystery
An open secret
The role of contingency
In who achieves it
But captains of industry
Will sing your praises
And claim it was clear to see
Now that you've made it
Congratulations!
Congratulate them!

We were much too slow to respond
When technology moved along
Saw our produce go for a song
Those are the facts
Those are the facts

We need you to come out and bat
You can put us back in the black
You're too huge to fail and that's that

And no one shows
What everyone should know
That no one controls anything
And no one shows
What everyone must know
That no one foretold anything

It goes to show
The truth that Goldman wrote
That nobody knows anything
I've come to know
It's just like Goldman wrote
That nobody knows anything

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from Pop Philosophy, released October 6, 2014

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Worldview UK

Worldview is the alias of Oliver Shaw, an Oxford UK-based songwriter, performer and producer mingling rock, pop, dance and folk with insightful lyrics and an overarching melodic sensibility.

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