"An Exercise In Futility" lyrics
Headlights in my gaze
Their reflections dilate
And though my ears perk up
My body's stuck
In a paralytic state
Waiting out the days
While we try to calculate
Just how fucked we are
So we can start
To disassociate
Doing what I can
With my finger in a dam
While the rest of the world
Chips away at
The bricks around my hand
Feign some sort of pride
Over my own little life
But what measure are my achievements
Against the downfall of mankind
Caught in a stalemate of conscience
I am futility incarnate
In spite of all the commotion
I'm still going through the motions
Another day spent yelling at a falling sky
Everything just feels so crushing all the time
And what are we to do
When nobody can save us from ourselves
We got a lot to lose
And I know I'm not
The only one who's languishing
I see it in your faces at the shows
Trying to recapture
What made us feel something
Pushing off the weight of what we know
Our frames weren't meant for this weight
We weren't designed to carry
So much despair in a day
But we can't just sit here and wait
We've all got lives to live
We've all got bills to pay
We're only staving off collapse
So far beyond the point of ever turning back
So make your peace with what you can't control
While the rest of us
Keep on burning what we can
In times like these
Wish that I could curse a name
Or had a god to blame
In times like these
Wish that I could curse a name
A god to blame
We're not complicit
We're not complicit
We're just numb
But what's the difference
When there's still damage being done
We're not complicit
We're not complicit
We're just numb
But what's the difference
When there's still battles to be won
The only thing more futile
Than trying to survive
Is surrendering to the notion
That it's all a waste of time
Between entropy and apathy
We walk a very fine line
So try to watch your step
On the march towards midnight
Another day spent yelling at a falling sky
Everything just feels so crushing all the time
But what are we to do
When nobody can save us from ourselves
We got nothing to lose
Their reflections dilate
And though my ears perk up
My body's stuck
In a paralytic state
Waiting out the days
While we try to calculate
Just how fucked we are
So we can start
To disassociate
Doing what I can
With my finger in a dam
While the rest of the world
Chips away at
The bricks around my hand
Feign some sort of pride
Over my own little life
But what measure are my achievements
Against the downfall of mankind
Caught in a stalemate of conscience
I am futility incarnate
In spite of all the commotion
I'm still going through the motions
Another day spent yelling at a falling sky
Everything just feels so crushing all the time
And what are we to do
When nobody can save us from ourselves
We got a lot to lose
And I know I'm not
The only one who's languishing
I see it in your faces at the shows
Trying to recapture
What made us feel something
Pushing off the weight of what we know
Our frames weren't meant for this weight
We weren't designed to carry
So much despair in a day
But we can't just sit here and wait
We've all got lives to live
We've all got bills to pay
We're only staving off collapse
So far beyond the point of ever turning back
So make your peace with what you can't control
While the rest of us
Keep on burning what we can
In times like these
Wish that I could curse a name
Or had a god to blame
In times like these
Wish that I could curse a name
A god to blame
We're not complicit
We're not complicit
We're just numb
But what's the difference
When there's still damage being done
We're not complicit
We're not complicit
We're just numb
But what's the difference
When there's still battles to be won
The only thing more futile
Than trying to survive
Is surrendering to the notion
That it's all a waste of time
Between entropy and apathy
We walk a very fine line
So try to watch your step
On the march towards midnight
Another day spent yelling at a falling sky
Everything just feels so crushing all the time
But what are we to do
When nobody can save us from ourselves
We got nothing to lose
Writer(s): Greg Marquis
