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Responsibility is passed along until nobody can carry it. WHY BOTHER explores turning the question toward a restrained answer: no one has to hold the whole sky—just the corner they can reach.
WHY BOTHER TEKNOLUST
We keep our heads down We call that a day One light goes out We learn to look away
A crack in the wall A crack in the floor We say it’s fine now We’ve seen it before
One voice says “good enough” One hand pulls back We all mean well But we still let it stack
We tell ourselves It’s not on me Somebody else Will see what we see
The ceiling leans The wires hang low We feel it coming We let it go
Why bother? Why bother? We’re already tired
Why bother? When everything Is already on fire?
Keep your head down Let somebody else know Nobody has to let it fall If nobody lets go
Another light fails Then another, then more The room gets dimmer We’ve seen this before
A loose piece shakes A nail comes free Nobody moves ’Cause somebody else will see
We pass the weight From hand to hand Till the hands go numb Till we barely stand
Not from hate Not from pride Just worn thin And quiet inside
We tell ourselves It’s not on me Somebody else Will see what we see
The ceiling leans The wires hang low We feel it coming We let it go
Why bother? Why bother? We’re already tired
Why bother? When everything Is already on fire?
Keep your head down Let somebody else know Nobody has to let it fall If nobody lets go
What if the tired hands Are the reason to stay? What if the smallest hold Keeps something from giving way?
No one has to lift The whole black sky No one has to save us All by themselves tonight
You don’t have to hold it all You don’t have to know Just hold the corner you can reach
And don’t let go
Why bother? Because somebody has to Why bother? Because somebody still can
Why bother? When everything Is already on fire?
Don’t hold the whole sky Just hold what you know Nobody has to save us all
But we can’t all let go
Why bother?
Because we have to.