America on Line
Beyond the Screen: Unveiling the Online Entrapment
Lyrics
Are you so blind to what lies beyond the screen?
Questioning if the listener is unaware of what exists beyond the computer screen.
Are entrapped by the network beyond the network?
Asking if the listener is trapped by the internet, beyond the physical network.
Are you confined by this prison called online?
Questioning if the listener feels confined by the online world, metaphorically described as a prison.
A convenience designed to keep you immobile.
Describing online convenience as a tool that keeps people passive and stationary.
Live in that chair,
Describing a sedentary lifestyle, living in a chair.
Content and unaware,
Being content and oblivious to the surrounding world.
As technological breakthrough breaks you down.
Highlighting the negative impact of technological advancements breaking down individuals.
I will be the circuit breaker.
Expressing the intention to act as a disruptor or circuit breaker against the negative effects of technology.
We are drawn to a lack of effort,
Stating that people are attracted to a lack of effort.
As we abandon all work ethic.
Pointing out the abandonment of a strong work ethic.
There's a difference between using and being used.
Highlighting the distinction between using technology and being used by it.
I am guilty of this too,
Admitting personal guilt in using technology, but not to the extent of being fully consumed.
But not engulfed like you.
Emphasizing that the speaker is not completely immersed or overwhelmed by technology.
There's a difference between using and being used,
Reiterating the distinction between using and being used, accusing the listener of being used.
You're being abused.
Asserting that the listener is being abused by the consumption of technology.
You, the consumer have been consumed.
Accusing the consumer (listener) of being consumed by the products or information online.
Progress sets us back.
Suggesting that progress, in this context, is actually setting people back.
Can you not see the regression this binds you to?
Questioning if the listener can perceive the regression caused by excessive online engagement.
Can you not feel these shackles placed on you?
Asking if the listener can feel the metaphorical shackles imposed by online activities.
When information is the pistol to your head,
Describing information as a threat or a tool of control.
And the lures of luxury outweigh all that's true.
Highlighting the overpowering allure of luxury that distracts from the truth.
America online.
Concluding with a reference to "America online," possibly suggesting a critique of the American online culture.
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