(Verse 1) Wrong office, wrong form, wrong tone Wrong hour to call a phone They nod along, they write it down Then slide it to the next desk town You tell the story, keep it clean Dates, facts, what it all means They say “thank you,” say “we’ll see” And forward it invisibly (Pre-Chorus) “Not our scope,” “not our role” “Have you tried that other hole?” Every hallway ends the same Different door, identical blame (Chorus) Passed the buck, round and round Never hits the ground By the time it circles back Memory’s gone, files are black Passed the buck, wash your hands Say “policy,” don’t understand If no one owns the harm you make Then harm’s the feature, not the mistake (Verse 2) They split the problem into parts So no one has to hold the heart One handles tone, one handles time One handles nothing labeled “mine” You ask for answers, not a fight They schedule months out, cancel twice They say “we take this very seriously” Then lose it administratively (Pre-Chorus) They speak fluent deflection Trained in careful non-connection Every sentence built to stall Till exhaustion solves it all (Chorus) Passed the buck, round and round Never hits the ground By the time it circles back Memory’s gone, files are black Passed the buck, wash your hands Say “policy,” don’t understand If no one owns the harm you make Then harm’s the feature, not the mistake (Bridge – mechanical, half-spoken) Escalate, de-escalate Wait for quorum, wait for dates Submit again, revise the tone Prove the damage on your own They count on time to do the work They count on silence, count on hurt Because a system that won’t decide Never has to pick a side (Break – beat drops, single line repeated) Not our office. Not our call. (Final Chorus) Passed the buck till voices fade Till complainants disengage They call it closure, call it done When nothing’s moved and no one’s won Passed the buck, polished chain Everyone’s clean except the pain If accountability’s always deferred Then justice is just paperwork (Outro) It didn’t disappear. You just learned How to look away Together.
