The Softest Murder

Pushed aside of the figures much higher than you
Counting wrong all the figures that mightn't be true
Just ahead of the stragglers that you couldn't be
But it is as it had to be

I heard the softest murder in the carriage next door
The thought of it takes me far away
One more, one less, what's it matter if you're focusing forward?
There's just no time for keeping strays

When I'm old and I'm aching and I'm wasting away
When my place has been taken by the young and the brave
So there's nobody watching and nobody to save
The tides have turned and now I'm in the way

I heard the softest murder in the carriage next door
The thought of it takes me far away
One more, one less, what's it matter if you're focusing forward?
There's just no time for keeping strays