Headlines & Hyperlinks
Lyric set in progress_
• [ Content Generation ]
• [ Nothing Registers ]
• [ Rage Quit The World ]
• [ Click & Clash ]
• [ Click Here For More ]
• [ Copy & Paste ]
• [ Our Little Corner of the Web ]
CONTENT GENERATION
He's got a Youtube channel, subscriber count insane
Legions of fan boys hang on every frame
Preying on feelings of adolescent shame
Promising help or a scapegoat to blame
Bookmark this page for more misguided rage
chorus:
Drop another video, log another like
Watch the algorithmic engagement spike
The rich and connected rank first in the search
The disenfranchised lag behind in the lurch
So much for the promise of a democratic web
You're a blip in the algo or an internet celeb
It's all in a day for the content generation
The masters of AI machine manipulation
For this is the way we have corrupted creation
It's all in a day, it's all in a day...
She's got an Instagram page, a borrowed lifestyle
Fist full of receipts and a photoshopped smile
But she don't care, she's determined to win
That dead end town can all watch her cash in
Click on those links for god-level high jinks
(chorus)
NOTHING REGISTERS
Under watchful gaze of these internet vultures
Scavenging conflict, dismembering cultures
Black sunken eyes cemented to our screens
Frozen stiff in the glow of their tractor beams
chorus:
Nothing registers, nothing siphons off the flow
In the clutches of big tech
And its big tech bro
Hypnotized by the digital disguise
Warm and friendly, you would never suspect
Undulating tentacles beckon to connect
What did they do with five billion connections?
Siphoned our data, perverted elections
Power and fame breeds mischievous boys
Who fancy the world and its people their toys
chorus:
Nothing registers, nothing shakes us from the spell
In the clutches of big tech
Straight out of Orwell
Hypnotized by the digital disguise
Sharing so much we will come to regret
Fighting with an entity that will not forget
bridge:
The answer keeps kicking us right in the face
Like a kid who moves out and gets their own place
We could each have a site and connect on our own
You know, until then big brother won't leave us alone
(chorus)
CLICK & CLASH
Logging on and logging in
Your favorite soapbox for your vanities
When all at once you're treated to
Another onslaught of disparities
Here we click and there we clash
Combating storms of new conspiracies
She's a groomer, he's a fash
Is there no end to these rivalries?
chorus:
Clicking around in a click & clash world
Crawling with conspiracy theories
Another domain for hosting your pain
Streaming in the latest new series
Triggering nerves in a click & clash world
Mass targeting the weakest of links
Frustrated gamer, cringe echo chamber
Not caring what else anyone thinks
Trolling up and trolling down
Another day trading in expletives
Where foreign assets fan flame wars
And secret click farms sow false narratives
Here we click and there we clash
Caught in a web of animosities
Spinning zones for apps on phones
Planning platforms for atrocities
(chorus)
Clicking around in a click and clash world
And finding out the hard way
CLICK HERE FOR MORE
Climate nears tipping point, alarming signs
Ex-president implicated in multiple crimes
Official in custody for espionage
Mass casualties mount after deadly barrage
No motive in shooting, state authorities say
Iconic world leader passes sadly away
Transphobic graffiti targets local store
High school under lock down click here for more
chorus:
Click here for more, click here for more
If you haven't had enough there's more to explore
Click here for more, click here for more
If you have some time to kill there's content galore
FBI investigating online threats
A rash of violent teens target homeless vets
Experts in explosives diffuse homemade bomb
Pranksters cause a panic over intercom
Scientists warning of a new outbreak
Oil spill contaminates an inland lake
Gunman targets restaurant in fit of rage
For changes to the menu bookmark this page
chorus:
Click here for more, click here for more
Surrender to the impulse you cannot ignore
Click here for more, click here for more
You know you want to click it, what you waiting for?
bridge:
It's the ideal format for short attention spans
A mesmerizing blur of headlines and hyperlinks
Guaranteed to trigger the trolls and the stans
It's a fool-proof racket the less the user thinks
(chorus)
Click here for more...
COPY & PASTE
I know of a virus
Our cliques have all contracted
And this generations'
So easily distracted
From selfie to selfie -
#infatuation -
A viral infection -
Dumb loves' memeification -
chorus:
Fate isn't a text you can copy & paste
And Life isn't trial & error to waste
Love isn't a page we just highlight and click
To copy & paste our dream relationship
We assemble our cast -
Actors hastily vetted -
Who leave the set early -
The role they regretted -
Over eager to click
With the randomest persons
Then savagely ghosted
When the link rots and worsens
chorus:
Our feeble contacts are often just as well
And sometimes our search yields a dead url
Love isn't a page we just highlight and click
To copy & paste our dream relationship
bridge:
Some limit their love lives to trial and error
Entrusting their choice to pure surface details
Blind-sided by pain when endorphins diminish
And searching for deeper connection fails
(chorus)
outro:
You can't copy & paste your love
I'm not one to trust trial & error
You don't want to go waste your love
I'm not one to believe in forever
You can't copy & paste your love_
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