[Intro: Descending Piano and Strummed Acoustic Guitar] [Verse 1] They smiled at me in corridors And sharpened every word A meeting I was never in A rumour overheard A file that went missing A name left off the list And mediocre men in grey Who'd never once be missed [Chorus] Karma, where did you go? You swore you'd balance the books They're toasting their promotions While I flinch at second looks Karma, where did you go? I waited at the door They took the whole of my future And came back asking for more [Verse 2] Now I wake at four each morning With my heart against my ribs The doctor writes another script And the fog moves in and lives I count the tiles in waiting rooms Rehearse what I should have said There's a trial that runs every night In the corner of my head [Chorus] Karma, where did you go? You swore you'd balance the books They're toasting their promotions While I flinch at second looks Karma, where did you go? I waited at the door They took the whole of my future And came back asking for more [Verse 3] I tried a different doorway A new suit and a new name But the story got there first And the ending was the same They ask about the gap in my CV I smile and I lie While the ones who pulled the trigger Collect their prizes every July [Bridge: Sparse Piano, Hushed Vocal] And what might have been Is a house I never built I walk its empty rooms at night Paying rent on someone else's guilt [Outro: Warped Delay Guitar and Feedback, Song Disintegrates] What might have been What might have been Karma, where were you? What might have been
