Instantaneous
Anxiety by Design
Lyrics
Just woke up and your eyes browse the content in that screen
Just woke up and observing how your eyes engage with the content on a digital screen.
Starting early for your daily dose of dopamine
Commencing early to seek your regular hit of pleasure-inducing neurotransmitter, dopamine.
Know they track and share your data with who pays the price
Awareness that your information is monitored and shared with those who pay the cost.
Such a power in a small device
Highlighting the immense influence held within a compact technological device.
After breakfast you're upset with some depressing news
Post-breakfast, encountering distressing news leading to upset feelings.
Comment section full of discriminatory views
Discovery of prejudiced opinions prevalent in the comment section.
How is it so normal to proclaim fascist ideals?
Questioning the normalization of promoting fascist ideologies.
Well, you're not the only one who feels
Realization that you're not alone in experiencing such emotions.
This instantaneous rush of anxiety
Describing the sudden and intense surge of anxiety.
With the collapse of the whole society
Relating anxiety to the breakdown of society as a whole.
Your instability is by design, you see
Suggesting that your instability and unease are intentional and planned.
Between the feed and the swipe
Contrasting the influence of social media content with the action of scrolling through it.
They creep inside your mind
Implying the gradual intrusion of external forces into your thoughts.
Wanting to take control
Desire of these forces to gain authority or dominance.
Inventing problems you don't have
Creation of non-existent issues to market unnecessary products.
To sell you products you don't need to own
Manipulating you into buying items you don't actually require.
Lunch break with your friends stories in between the ads
Lunchtime spent listening to your friends' tales amidst advertisement interruptions.
Settling for this and never meeting them instead
Opting for settling with online interactions rather than real-life meetings.
Influencers acting rich and happy to their crowds
Noticing influencers portraying a wealthy and joyful lifestyle, impacting the fear of missing out in their audience.
Inciting the fear of missing out
Stirring up the fear of not being included or experiencing what others are.
Job is done, face filters on, it's time to make a post
Completing work tasks and preparing to create a social media post.
But why bother getting only half the reach at most?
Questioning the effort, considering limited visibility for a post without specific qualities.
Well, unless you have a flawless body to reveal
Implies the inevitability of feeling inadequate unless possessing a flawless physical appearance.
It's just unavoidable to feel
Expressing the unavoidable nature of such feelings.
This instantaneous rush of anxiety
Reiteration of the sudden and intense rush of anxiety.
With the collapse of the whole society
Relating anxiety again to the breakdown of society as a whole.
Your instability is by design, you see
Reinforcing the idea that your instability is purposely induced.
Between the feed and the swipe
Referencing the influence of social media content and interaction.
They creep inside your mind
Highlighting the gradual penetration of external influences into your thoughts.
Wanting to take control
Desire of external forces to exert control over you.
Inventing problems you don't have
Manufacturing problems that aren't part of your reality to sell unnecessary products.
To sell you products you don't need to own
Manipulating you into purchasing items you genuinely don't need.
A stable mental health
Highlighting that maintaining good mental health is a luxury or advantage.
Privilege, as you can tell
Implying that a broken population is advantageous for those providing a supposed solution or cure.
They need us broken so they have a cure to sell
Suggesting that there's an incentive for keeping people in a state of vulnerability to sell solutions.
This instantaneous rush of anxiety
Reiteration of the sudden and intense surge of anxiety.
With the collapse of the whole society
Relating anxiety once more to the breakdown of society as a whole.
Your instability is by design, you see
Emphasizing that your instability is intentionally manufactured.
Between the feed and the swipe
Reference to the impact of social media content and interaction on your thoughts.
They creep inside your mind
Highlighting the gradual infiltration of external influences into your thoughts.
Wanting to take control
Desire of external forces to establish dominance or control.
Inventing problems you don't have
Creation of fictitious problems to sell unnecessary products.
To sell you products you don't need to own
Manipulating you into purchasing items that are unnecessary for you.
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