Just Words

What use are words that fall upon deaf ears.
We've lost any ability to suade.
Impervious to agony and tears.

Who'll judge us? Not a jury of our peers.
We obfuscate, we lie and we evade.
What use are words that fall upon deaf ears.

We feed ourselves into the grinding gears
of cold, well oiled machines. We had them made.
Impervious to agony and tears.

When some get caught in their uncaring shears,
we give lip service to abet and aide.
What use are words that fall upon deaf ears.

What use are platitudes? What use are cheers?
We're proud to call it nothing but a spade.
Impervious to agony and tears.

Why, do you ask? The sum of all our fears.
Trapped, pinned and cornered, we will not be swayed.
What use are words that fall upon deaf ears.
Impervious to agony and tears.