Electricity
Unplugged Despair: Battling the Chains of Modern Addiction
Lyrics
Electricity is killing me and I can hardly sleep
Expressing the negative impact of technology ("Electricity") on the speaker, causing sleep disturbances.
I look into my phone, feel so alone and can't even see
Feeling isolated and disconnected while using a phone, emphasizing loneliness.
A future where anything is working out for me
Despair about the future and a sense of hopelessness regarding personal success.
So before they plug me into machines, I might as well have a drink
Considering a life connected to machines and opting for a drink as a coping mechanism.
I'm addicted to content and alcohol
Acknowledging addiction to both digital content and alcohol.
But I still can't feel anything at all
Despite addictions, the speaker remains emotionally numb or unresponsive.
I hope one day I see the fall of electricity
Expressing a desire for the downfall of technology ("electricity").
Please don't resuscitate me
Pleading not to be resuscitated, suggesting a desire to escape rather than continue living.
Just leave me fucking be
A plea for solitude and autonomy, asking to be left alone.
Why is it always the ones you care for who hurt you the most?
Reflection on the paradox that those one cares for often cause the most hurt.
Why is it so important to watch TV or be able to make toast?
Questioning the significance of activities like watching TV or making toast in the face of life's challenges.
Most days I feel like I am living as a ghost
Feeling like an invisible presence, disconnected from the world.
But they're not scared of me because I make such a good host
Despite feeling like a ghost, the speaker is useful to others ("good host"), but not feared.
For the future they're crafting: the end of free will
Warning about a future where free will is eradicated or controlled.
If I had my way everyone of us would still
Expressing a longing for a simpler, primitive way of life, contrasting with the speaker's reality.
Be foraging for berries and focused on our next kill
Imagining a past where survival instincts were focused on basic needs like food ("foraging for berries").
But we're living in end times and it's such a thrill
Commenting on the excitement and chaos of living in what the speaker perceives as apocalyptic times.
To be addicted to content and alcohol
Reiterating the dual addiction to content and alcohol while emphasizing emotional numbness.
But still unable to feel anything at all
Despite addictions, the speaker remains emotionally detached.
One day we'll see the fall of electricity
Repeating the desire for the downfall of technology ("electricity").
Please, God, don't reincarnate me
Asking not to be reincarnated, expressing a desire to avoid the cycle of life and death.
Just let me fucking leave
A plea to be allowed to leave without any interference.
Or fill me with electricity
Suggesting an alternative to death—being filled with electricity—potentially to break free from emotional numbness.
Maybe then I'll finally be free
Expressing the hope that filling the speaker with electricity will lead to freedom.
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