Solastalgia from Against Civilization by Clear X Cut

"Solastalgia is a neoligism formed by the combination of the Latin words solacium (comfort) and the Greek root -algia (pain, suffering, grief), that describes a form of emotional or existential distress caused by environmental change. It is best described as the lived experience of negatively perceived environmental change."

I woke up at five thirty and I can not sleep anymore.
I stare out of my window and behold a world that falls apart.
I watch the morning sun arise, painting black all the pines,
it`s blinding my eyes and and freezing my mind.
Everyday at five thirty the world stops turning for me,
because when I wake up all hope ceases to be.

I feel homesick while I'm staring at the ceiling in my own room,
but before the TV gets the chance to show me a world ablaze,
I leave and drift, fading ghostlike into a cold new dawning day.
No single bird is singing, silently I watch them grief.
How can we expect the birds to sing while their groves are cut down?

We ruined the only paradise we shall ever know. The only Eden we ever needed.
We destroyed the world that kept us alive.
Meet my friend Solastalgia - She is always at my side.
Sge is always with me - Se is always at my side.
We are those who hate life while we consume the earth.
Solastalgia - Humanity became a curse.
We are the fallen ones, the end of everything. Solastalgia - Noone is innocent.

I still keep waiting up at five thirty. Sleep did not become a friend of mine.
My heart stops beating every single time when I witness this fucking sun arise.
The dawn feels empty, my life unfulfilled, because I know:
This world isn't dying, it is being killed!

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