I Don't Believe in Anything [Dennis DeYoung]

I Don't Believe in Anything
Written by Dennis DeYoung
Lead Vocals by Dennis DeYoung

I don't believe in anything

Anything that I hear
'Cause they got ways of fixing things
Make notes disappear
So if you're havin' trouble stayin' in pitch
Keepin' your rhythm tight
Double click on the little mouse
Everything'll be alright

And I don't believe in anything
Anything that I read
Up there on that Internet
With all their anonymities
Someone in the backroom with
An axe to grind and a DSL
Downloads how to make a bomb
Sure to blow us all to hell
Things have really turned out swell

Who needs realities
When you got gigabytes
Download your fantasies
'Cause everything is out of sight
It's all digital
Faster than the speed of sound
Space age carousel
Spinning all round and round
In for penny in for pound

I don't believe in anything
Anything that I see
Especially all them movie stars
Dancing by the big blue screen
A hundred thousand warriors attack the king
They cut him down to size
But that's just more of that CGI
There's really only 20 guys
Tell me how do we believe our eyes

Who needs histories
We're living in the here and nows
Why this idolatry
Say goodbye to sacred cows
We're all digital
We constantly communicate
Who can resist it all
Text me at the pearly gates
Say hello to Norman Bates

I don't believe in anything
Any politician says (amen)
From some little councilman
Right up to our dear ol' Pres
I hate the bloody liberals and the neo-cons
They're all so full of shit
Oh the way they talk to us
I think they think we're idiots
What a bunch of hypocrites

Who needs realities
When you got gigabytes
Download your fantasies
'Cause everything is out of sight
It's all digital
Well welcome to the modern age
Think I'll sit a spell
I Guess I'm gonna show my age
How the hell'd I get this age?

How the hell'd I get this age? 

Interpretation

It's hard to trust anything you see, hear, or read today.  

• Musicians rely on Auto-Tune to ensure every note is hit perfectly. 
• You can find instructions on how to do almost anything on YouTube or other websites, even how to make a bomb.  
• With virtual reality technology, you can enter virtual worlds on line to escape reality, and movies use advanced computer generated imagery (CGI) to provide visual effects in movies that were never possible before, and many movies are filmed with actors in front of green or blue screens that are filled in with computer generated people and scenery filled in later. 
• Instead of studying history, people just search the internet, and what they find may not be true. People are concerned more with what is going on right now, with access to endless information and entertainment on demand. 
• Politicians could never be trusted, and that's still true today, but more than ever before every word is scripted and the messages targeted to have the greatest political impact, regardless of whether there is any truth to it. Whether they are liberals or neo-conservatives like the current (at the time the song was written) U.S. President George W. Bush, they are all just hypocrites. 
• People can even download digital pornography without ever having to risk being seen buying a movie or magazine in a store.

This is the modern age we live in, and I'm not very comfortable in it. When did I get so old?