we’re supposed to change the world but we’d rather see a movie

we’re supposed to be heroes

but the theatre is warm

and the seats lean back just enough 

to make responsibility seem far away 

and the news says everything is burning 

but the previews are starting 

so we put out phones on do not disturb

and then nothing else matters

we’re told our whole lives we’d be the generation 

to fix everything 

wars, the ocean, our future

but the lights are dimming 

and it's so much easier 

to watch someone else 

save the world