Nothing Matters

Inspired by and based on L’Étranger by Albert Camus I'm a stranger to you, even stranger to me I'll pass you by like a memory Of innocence and ignorant bliss. I feel nothing every time we kiss I feel nothing each day I'm alive Nothing matters, we're all gonna die When and how, I could not care less I don't care for the life over which you obsess It can be changed but should I bother? This life is just like any other So taciturn and disarrayed Oh, didn't Mother die today? Reflecting the sunshine on the blade of a knife To turn away or to take his life? I stopped to think as he hit the floor His breathless body took four more Now I'm being punished for refusing to lie If my life is the price then I'll sacrifice I am not like you, I refuse to pretend And if truth equals crime then I will not amend It can be changed but should I bother? This life is just like any other So taciturn and disarrayed Oh, didn't Mother die today? But I found myself in this nothingess And learnt to embrace the indifference The end is nearing but there is no pain For some strange reason, I feel happy again I'm a stranger to you, even stranger to me My blind rage has washed me clean Proud to say that in this life so absurd I never belonged to your condemned herd I could have changed it but I didn't bother This death is just like any other So taciturn and disarrayed Oh, dear Mother, I'm alive again