From the recording Devil's Dollars
Mid-tempo, Yacht rock feel -
We are all staring at our phones being fed more of whatever we click on to keep us glued to the feed. The more sensational the better to transfix you. All this is for advertisers to sell sell sell!
Featuring: Liz Miller - Lead and background vocals
Margaret McClure - Background vocals,
Andrew Machin - Background vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, bass, and drums
Boaz Kim - Harmonica
Lyrics
It started out real slow
Like most addictions do
Where do the hours go
There’s stuff I’m not getting to
I connected with friends
It was innocent
Now the ads never end - I’m just an algorhythm
And my pusher is a billionaire tech bro
I would break up with him
But he knows just what to feed me so I can’t let go…
So I doomscroll
I’m sucked into a black hole
I’m engaging with a bot or troll
And I’m crazier the deeper I go
I know I’ve been manipulated
Targeted and rage baited
I can feel it steal my soul
I can’t help it; I doomscroll
Then came politics
With propaganda tricks
I had to choose a side
Now there’s a great divide
Every day is a fight
Is it truth or AI
And the ads never end - We’re all algorhythms
And they’re listening to everything we have to say
I’m not OK with it
It’s making me sick but I can’t look away
So I doomscroll
I’m sucked into a black hole
I’m engaging with a bot or troll
And I’m crazier the deeper I go
I know I’ve been manipulated
Targeted and rage baited
I can feel it steal my soul
I can’t help it; I doomscroll
If I could just lay down my phone; leave the haters all alone
Maybe I could find some peace, and finally get some sleep
But every time I try, I hear a little voice inside
Saying ‘Listen, You don’t know what you’re missing’
So I doomscroll
I’m sucked into a black hole
I’m engaging with a bot or troll
And I’m crazier the deeper I go
I know I’ve been manipulated
Targeted and rage baited
I can feel it steal my soul
I can’t help it; I doomscroll
I doomscroll
I doomscroll