Those distorted 7th chords rock. This makes me want to move... oh, and I come to a somewhat milder judgement of the protagonist. The idea that you should make a significant change in the world is rather new and, to be honest, asking too much of most people. Becoming apathetic seems like a psychologically consistent reaction.

I'm a sucker for sarcastic/apathetic/ironic songs, and this is a bop. I totally love your vocals too. And that final chord/crash is so good!

FWIW, I don't think the "world hunger" joke is problematic; I find it fits perfectly with the character sketch you've built up here.

Really captures the apathetic feelings well and the ending part works as the summary of where the character is at.

Love that chord structure at the open and for the verses. Dylanesque (lyrically- kinda…). Some Swirling Eddies and DA sounds going on!

This song is very 2025. It’s hard to know what to do with all the nervous energy. The urge to distract myself out of it is omnipresent because reality feels overwhelming. A little bit of a Weird Al vibe in the verses in addition to the Parquet Courts/Pavement casualness and irony.

I really loved the way you constructed the "no I won't" section both musically and lyrically. The transition to it from the beer/volunteer section is so sonically pleasing. Serious Stan Ridgway vibes in the verses. Such an earworm of a song man, I'll have this stuck in my head all day tomorrow. Great stuff!

Digging the chords here. As you said, has a Parquet Courts feel. Honestly, I love the world huger joke. Appropriately dark. The first and last stanza were the standouts for me. In a parallel universe, there's another version of this song that is just four stanzas like that and no chorus.

Ironically apathetic might be my default setting. This one is also really friggin good. Also possibly like 50x more poignant than you intended. I’m an inspired and defeated at the same time. You see what you do to me!? Damn…I do want pizza.

Love it! That intro riff is so cool, and then the verse comes out of the gate sounding all David Byrne. But for me, what really works here is that you’re doing the Randy Newman thing of inhabiting the voice of the object of satire, which is so much more effective than doing it from the outside. And I love Randy more than anything up to and possibly including my children. Also wouldn’t work unless the words were sharp, but they really are. You nail that kind of comfortable ‘know I should do the right thing’ apathy, and it’s all the more biting because I suspect most of us do this, to lesser or greater extents. I didn’t find the world hunger line jarring, in fact in the context of the character you’ve built up, it’s very funny and a great closer. Well done, sir.

Yes, I agree with @motorcitymusicman. There is an element of apathy throughout. The ending is consistent with the rest and doesn’t land like you are making fun of world hunger. It’s entertaining.

Great song. The lyrics vividly paint the kind of person being described. For that reason, I think the world hunger reference at the end is ok; it's clear that it's just further characterizing the narrator. Great performance, too. Really well done.

First: love the slap-back, Lux Interior-lke vocals on the verses.

Second, love the slap-back, Lux Interior-lke vocals on the verses.

Third, right now I'm having a beer.

Fourth, this is not only funny as fuck, but it's a brilliant bit of commentary, and most importantly, it's entertaining.