Starset – Infected
Infected [Verse 1] I think we did it this time There’s something in the air inside the star shine There’s something in the air we’ll never know I can feel it take hold Infected They're calling on the landlines The senators are standing on the shorelines The warning lights are burning all aglow Now we reap what we sow Infected [Chorus] We do it one by one Put your hands up and run We're addicted to the panic And we hate the way this world has become But there ain’t no cure for it We’ve been infected Infected, infected Infected, infected Infected, infected Infected, infected [Verse 2] Here's a challenge for all mankind The preacher man is warning of the end times The weatherman agrees but he don't know So he's got to go now [Chorus] We do it one by one Put your hands up and run We're addicted to the panic And we hate the way this world has become But there ain’t no cure for it We’ve been infected Infected, infected Infected, infected Infected, infected Infected, infected [Bridge] One if by land and two if by sea Maybe it's both and we'll all get lucky Go to the end, man. Don't quit on me Get what you wanted Anarchy [Chorus] One by one Put your hands up and run We're addicted to the panic And we hate the way this world has become But there ain’t no cure for it We’ve been infected Infected, infected Infected, infected Infected, infected Infected, infected |
The single "Infected" was released by rock band Starset on April 26, 2021 to mark the second anniversary of the popular video game Arknights. It is likely that this song was the impetus for the recording of Starset's fourth album – "Horizons", which was released five months later, although initially it was not even included in his preliminary track list. "Infected" is one of the most powerful songs on the album, describing the sad future of humanity with an epidemic that swept the entire world. Typical of Starset, with an intense catchy chorus, good rhythmic twists, electronic parts, enhanced by strings, the song describes an atmosphere of universal tension, fear and depression. All this in the lyrics is explained by the dependence on news, events occurring in the world, propaganda that cause fear and panic, about the influence of people on each other and on the surrounding reality. To defeat this evil, you just have to disobey it – the word "anarchy" ends the track.