{"id":54853,"date":"2026-07-29T16:30:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T16:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=54853"},"modified":"2026-07-29T16:30:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T16:30:34","slug":"apathy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/07\/29\/apathy\/","title":{"rendered":"Apathy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Intro: Slow Guitar Delay, Deep Bass Pulse, Organ Swells, Atmospheric Synth]<br \/>\n[Minimal Beat, Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nNot because&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>People don&#8217;t know.<br \/>\n(They let it go)<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>They simply look away.<br \/>\n(Day after day after day)<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nThis apathy<br \/>\n(Is insanity)<br \/>\n&#8230;I mean&#8230;<br \/>\n(Really)<br \/>\n&#8230;obscene<br \/>\n(Scene)<br \/>\nSeen<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nHeadlines fade before they&#8217;re read<br \/>\nTomorrow&#8217;s story moves ahead<br \/>\nAnother warning, another sign<br \/>\nLost beneath the daily grind<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nOpen your eyes<br \/>\n(Take a look)<br \/>\nRead the pages<br \/>\n(Of the book)<\/p>\n<p>Truth remains<br \/>\n(Standing still)<br \/>\nWaiting on<br \/>\n(A change in will)<\/p>\n<p>Time keeps moving<br \/>\n(Day by day)<br \/>\nWhile concern<br \/>\n(Fades away)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental]<br \/>\n[Refrain]<br \/>\nThis apathy<br \/>\n(Is insanity)<br \/>\n&#8230;I mean&#8230;<br \/>\n(Really)<br \/>\n&#8230;obscene<br \/>\n(Scene)<br \/>\nSeen<\/p>\n<p>[Guitar Solo]<br \/>\n[Heavy Bass Groove, Organ Layers, Driving Drums, Atmospheric Synth]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nChange is easier to ignore<br \/>\nWhen it builds a little more<br \/>\nUntil one morning comes around<br \/>\nAnd yesterday can&#8217;t quite be found<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nHope begins<br \/>\nWith seeing clear<\/p>\n<p>Not through panic<br \/>\nNot through fear<\/p>\n<p>Face the facts<br \/>\n(Understand)<br \/>\nThe future&#8217;s built<br \/>\n(By our hands)<\/p>\n<p>[Breakdown]<br \/>\n[Minimal Beat, Deep Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nApathy&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Doesn&#8217;t delay&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The decay.<\/p>\n<p>It only delays&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Our number of days.<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\nThis apathy<br \/>\n(Is insanity)<br \/>\n&#8230;I mean&#8230;<br \/>\n(Really)<br \/>\n&#8230;obscene<br \/>\n(Scene)<br \/>\nSeen<\/p>\n<p>Wake up now<br \/>\n(Open wide)<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t let reason<br \/>\n(Step aside)<\/p>\n<p>This apathy&#8230;<br \/>\n(Isn&#8217;t destiny)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Outro: Echo Guitar, Piano, Organ Fade]<br \/>\nThis apathy<br \/>\n(Is insanity)<br \/>\n&#8230;I mean&#8230;<br \/>\n(Really)<br \/>\n&#8230; completely<br \/>\n(Clean)<br \/>\nThe scene<br \/>\n(The scene seen)<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Exactly\/\">Exactly<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence] [Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums] [Intro] [Instrumental Intro: Slow Guitar Delay, Deep Bass Pulse, Organ Swells, Atmospheric Synth] [Minimal Beat, Spoken Vocal] Not because&#8230; People don&#8217;t know. (They let it go) Sometimes&#8230; They simply look away. (Day after day after day) [Refrain] This apathy (Is insanity) &#8230;I mean&#8230; (Really) &#8230;obscene (Scene) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[163],"class_list":["post-54853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-4d-music","tag-climate-change"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54853"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54854,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54853\/revisions\/54854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}