We Walk The Plank With Our Eyes Wide Open

We walk the plank with our eyes wide open. Gotye's haunting, beautiful lyrics contain a poignant message:

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


Within it he captures what is wrong with the human condition; unable to change despite possessing the knowledge of the consequences of its actions, only able to see the here and now.  And that weak argument peddled out again and again, that because your neighbour is not taking action you dont have to either. A toxic merry-go round that prevents all from doing good for the environment. In our culture we have lost all concept of planing for the future, in caring beyond today. And so we walk the plank with our eyes wide open. A sad but truthful depiction.

And the saddest thing
Is all of it could have been avoided