If we are to ever get anywhere at all, we must not succumb to apathy, or to any of its allies. That’s the brief, pointed, and very straight-forward message contained in Dark Tranquillity’s “Lost to Apathy” (from Character, 2005).
so overcome with pointless tears
to test pain receptors
nothing matters ever here,
put up a noncreation
these eyes will never see,
covered up from reality
look at the shell that is you:
empty, fragile, weak
soon the battle is over,
lost to apathy
the unknown world that you deny –
no priority
cannot fail if you never start,
how predictable
i want to know: where did it end?
for madness to start;
you’re always the sceptic
but never the part
introvertive/nondescriptive,
it matters not – not
look at the shell that is you:
empty, fragile, weak
look at the shell that is you:
empty, fragile, weak
soon the battle is over,
lost to apathy
To cut a long story a bit shorter here: those who care fight, and those who don’t usually rot. Now, I guess it’s also possible to change the world by being apathetic to almost everyone and everything, but rarely does that result in something genuinely helpful. More often than not, that kind of change only leads to more destruction and tears. So the message, I find, is quite clear. Here come the messengers, too. I’ll leave you in their capable hands. Q. W3ary over & out.