Gotye-Eyes Wide Open

Man, I couldn't help thinking that "wow, those are sure a lot of defeated people", in yesterday's seminar. Environmental issues are, well, pretty huge. But thinking that you can't anything about it makes it even worse. Maybe it's a negative reaction to being guilt-tripped and scared to death by people wanting to campaign for change. But instead of rousing others to do something it makes them apathetic, desensitized or too scared to do anything. Looks like guilting and scaring is not a good strategy for managing behaviour, even for a good cause or to encourage good habits.

Anyway, I'd like to present a song I was reminded of as I sat in seminar today. This is Gotye's "With Eyes Wide Open". I feel this song pretty much describes the problem about environmental issues and it's affect on the public and criticizes defeatist and head-in-the-sand behavior considering these issues. With the lyrics, Gotye paints an image of a desolated Earth that could result if we don't change our behaviour. I just find that he's so accurate about what the issues are, that I started paying attention to the lyrics and letting the message of the song affect me. Now, "Sombody That I Used to Know" just can't get out of my head too, but I actually think that this is the much better song. I have no idea why it isn't as popular.

Maybe it hits too close to home? (I'm thinking...yeah, probably)

Lyrics are so great, imma present them right here:


So this is the end of the story
Everything we had, everything we did
Is buried in dust
And this dust is all that's left of us
And only a few ever worried

While the signs will clear
They have no idea
You just get used to living in fear
Or give up
When you can't even picture your future

We walk the plank with our eyes wide open

We walk the plank with our eyes wide open we
(walk the plank with our eyes wide open)
Yeah we walk the plank with our eyes wide open we
(walk the plank with our eyes wide open we)

Some people offered up answers
We made out like we heard
They were only words
They didn't add up
To a change in the way we were living
And the saddest thing
Is all of it could have been avoided

But it was like to stop consuming's
to stop being human
And why'd I make a change if you won't?
We're all in the same boat
Staying afloat for the moment

We walk the plank with our eyes wide open we
(walk the plank with our eyes wide open we)
And we walk the plank with our eyes wide open we
(walk the plank with our eyes wide open we) (x2)

With our eyes wide open we
We walk the plank, we walk the plank (x3)

With our eyes wide open we...
So that is the end of the story


From: http://www.lyricsmania.com/eyes_wide_open_lyrics_gotye.html