Lyrics
I was on Insta yesterday
I spent time on Instagram the previous day
Wondering why my mood was gray
Wondering why I felt unhappy or down
Seein' fake lives played out just in part
Observing unreal or fabricated lives portrayed incompletely
Nourished a neuroses in my heart
Developed anxiety or mental concerns in my heart
I'm a rat
Metaphorically, I am compared to a rat
In a Skinner box
Within a controlled environment similar to a Skinner box
Pulling levers
Engaging in actions or behaviors, like pulling levers
To get my rocks
To achieve satisfaction or pleasure
But all I get
However, the outcomes I receive
Are electric shocks
Include negative consequences, like electric shocks
But one more like
A desire for one more 'like'
And then I'll detox
With the hope of detoxifying or breaking free
Like
Repetition of social media actions (Like, Follow, Share, Sub)
Follow
-Share
-Sub
-Like
-Follow
-Share
-Sub
-I need attention I need a win
Expressing a need for attention and success
Maybe some likes will help me grin
Believing that receiving likes will improve my mood
But I feel so drained when I gotta compete
Feeling drained and exhausted when competing with others
At best this won't even be bittersweet
Anticipating that the outcome won't be satisfying
I'm a rat
Repetition of the cycle in the Skinner box analogy
In a Skinner box
-Pulling levers
-To get my rocks
-But all I get
-Are electric shocks
-But one more like
-And then I'll detox
-Like
-Follow
-Share
-Sub
-Like
-Follow
-Share
-Sub
-Like
-Follow
-Share
-Sub
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