So much that was said Was just to fill in the gaps While we buried our dead We listened to the dogs bark We studied each other's bruises We slept rough in the car park We have recanted We alienated the kids By insisting we weren't for sale While taking competing bids We considered new frontiers We quoted from the old testament We drank cheap domestic beers We have recanted So much that we dread Is ambient misunderstanding That occupies our heads We speak of this We notice that Have you recanted? Free the singer All was retracted He has recanted He postulated ideas He aggregated the facts All was retracted He has recanted Free the singer