I wish I didn't 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 & 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 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 While our dumpsters overflow With our careless delights 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 oppotunists And leaders of men Were forced to fight In the wars they begin If we could starve the rich And hurt the cruel If we could take revenge & 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 Now like the lips of the dead Now, there's silence Turning inside my head Smile and forget Pretend like they do Smile and forget Pretend like they do Apathy is so Everybody's doing it Apathy is so Everybody's doing it (And children Will go to sleep hungry tonight)