Act IV – The Fall of Kofi
Weeks later, plain-clothes officers stop Kofi outside the youth club recently stripped of council funds.  A scuffle ends with a taser discharge; Kofi’s heart fails. Gil’s grief mirrors the ancient epic: he wanders London’s night buses, staring at empty seats where his brother should be, and curses every CCTV camera that saw but did not save him.

[Intro]
I guess I don't believe it
And I think you won't believe too
So take all these memories and go
You can take all these memories and go
So take all these memories and go

[Verse 1]
Shattered by the decision
Can't hold this pain no more
Bearing the weight of the incision
Left cold and stark across the floor
His own heart pounds with precision
A brother dies inside his courts
His own heart pounds with precision
A brother dies inside these doors

[Chorus]
Why didn't it work out? Why didn't it work out?
Why didn't it work out? Why didn't it work out?
Why didn't it work out? Why didn't it work out?
Why didn't it work out? Why didn't it work out?
"Empty seat...", "Saw but didn't save..."

[Verse 2]
I don't mind their blank inhibition
Threw him against the wall
Mistakes of their cold vision
It's harder to let him go
From the silence of this prison
No answers hear his loud calls
Grief and leave with what you know
But the sorrow won't subside at all

[Bridge]
The flood of tears, faith in the gone of heart
And the moon neglects, the moon reflects
No light on everything they've said
Flood of tears, drowned in the words I've heard
And as the moon neglects, the moon reflects
No light on everything they've said—worked out

[Chorus]
Why didn't it work out? Why didn't it work out?
Why didn't it work out? Why didn't it work out?
Why didn't it work out? Why didn't it work out?
Why didn't it work out? Why didn't it work out?
"Empty seat...", "Saw but didn't save..."

[Outro]
"Kofi..."

Brixton Resonance - Track 4 -  Empty Seat

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