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Paradigm Shit
03:15
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failing to define failing by design
these infinite axioms of trust
the network we’ve created is a bust
and we can’t wait to leave you on your own
to reap the chaos we have sewn
before the bubble burst the taste of silicon was sweet
now you cannot make ends meet in this new
paradigm shit
unenforceable compatibility it must may have been our biggest fallacy
idealistic unrealistic
access to information access to your very soul
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School Spirits
02:06
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the village elders grumble about a simpler time
when community was something to which all were inclined
the betterment of all before the betterment of one
but when the self becomes the centre it’s easier said than done
but if we break down the simplest of matters
we can find some disturbing patterns
that should be calling us all to arms but it’s so
bloody inconvenient to go setting off alarms
we’re so sophisticated - beyond their wildest dreams
and anything we dream of becomes reality
from the basest of desires - anything to suit our taste
but when the dream becomes diseased we siphon our own waste
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Mainframe
03:44
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cell towers line the streets
we stay connected every fifteen feet
we’d rather starve than lose our feed
think we can live off dopamine
oh how we have changed
our conversations strained
and we grow ever estranged
now that everything we do
is tied into the mainframe
increase the signal around the world
a brain tumour for every boy and girl
a mass mutation - no cause for dread
just a horn growing out the back of our heads
they wave away with disdain any relevant claims
forcing those who complain to gather more evidence
the side effects exist in bleeding gums and in cysts
we know it’s true but we still stay wired in
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Pre-Millennial Tension
03:30
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i am the pre-millennial hanging on to my pre-millennial concepts
i was born in a time before real-time world-wide feedback
but my ideals are conflated and i reproach with apprehension
tell me how does one relieve this pre-millennial tension
give me the tablet of facial recognition give me your latte as a sign of your contrition
let me be a saviour with my online petition
shrink the world to fit my palm so i can hold it in my hand with my opinions
blue-light myopia and hand-held distraction
pixelated shiny things disguised as interaction
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The New Grammar
02:16
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in the new oral landscape every subject becomes a simile
and every adjective a superlative
i hate to think of later days where no one speaks in full sentences
merely communicating with the work LIKE
where hyperbole is fact - in a world obsessed with fiction
no empathy or tact- and even less concern for diction
i wish i could redact - these inexcusable contractions
but you cannot argue facts with the
literally super idiotic
i know it sounds so conservative
but i hear everything in the pejorative
when grown men speak like 80s teens
how is it possible they don’t feel demeaned
i cannot stand the new grammar
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Intruders
03:56
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to cast one’s name into the modern world
means to become a target of the underworld
they’ll pummel you with their twisted views
and all you wanted was the fucking news
information at inflated prices scavengers equipped with advertisements
the new horizon of equality became a double-edged indemnity
intruders that we cannot see encroaching on our privacy
uprooting our democracy in a constant refutation of our individuality
elated congregations wept with joy for this new internet
an endless realm where all is free with the promise of neutrality
but neutrality only goes so far when its terms are set by those with power
and now those powers have come to collect
well what the fuck did we all expect
you want privacy in the extreme yet every impulse is a tweetable meme
a shared identity on every device with the minutiae of your daily lives
it’s no surprise that they’ve found a way to take advantage of the things you say
the way you live sleep eat and dream all framed so neatly in your custom theme
till there’s no way to differentiate between the things that you love or hate
till there’s no way to differentiate between between the things that you do or say
till there’s no way to differentiate between what is real and what you merely ideate
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Original Since
03:32
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seemed like a good idea at the time
cut of your face to spite them looking down their noses
a challenge from your peers you hastily embraced
but your desperation has left you disgraced
you’ve disgusted all your friends
did you think you’d start a trend
and though the mirror makes you flinch
you can say you were original since
the tiniest incision made to test
all the limits of just how far you’d go to defy
their derision - like a jester you could tolerate the pain
but not your bruised ego
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