I wish I didn't know, know what I know I wish I could pretend like they do If I could I would smile and forget
And there's a child out on the battlefield A pistol in each hand, he trades a kill for a meal And it's oh so surreal and it's oh so surreal
And there's a man standing on top of a hill Screaming freedom for some but all others must kneel And it's oh so surreal and it's oh so surreal
Apathy is so hip, everyone's doing it In your sterile life, in your sterile life Apathy is so hip, everyone's doing it In your sterile life, in your sterile life
A little girl's lost on the streets of L.A. She complains about the sharks but plays the part of the prey And it's oh so surreal and it's oh so surreal
And children will go to sleep hungry tonight And our dumpsters overflow with our careless delight And it's oh so surreal and it's oh so surreal
Apathy is so hip, everyone's doing it In your sterile life, in your sterile life Apathy is so hip, everyone's doing it In your sterile life, in your sterile life
Antiseptic ways, I don't care but I lie Never feel, never try Empty people, empty steeple
If all the opportunists and leaders of men Were forced to fight in the wars they began If we could starve the rich and hurt the cruel If we could take revenge and leave it all in ruins
What would you do? What would you do? What would you do if we did it to you?
Apathy is so hip
Now there's silence like the lips of the dead Now there's silence turning inside my head Will you forget, pretend like they do? Smile and forget, pretend like they do
Apathy is so hip, everybody's doing it Apathy is so hip, everybody's doing it
And children will go to sleep hungry tonight And children will go to sleep hungry tonight And children will go to sleep hungry tonight And children will go to sleep hungry tonight
And children will go to sleep hungry tonight And children will go to sleep hungry tonight And children