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Attention Economy EP

by Launch Control

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1.
Zombigots 01:07
The tombstones read Obsolete Here lies a fallen ideology Misplaced hate and selfish greed We all celebrated In the death throes Of the final tasteless joke And while their legacies Haunted our societies like ghosts No one actually believed But now the anger that’s been boiling Has been refined as poisoned ink It’s seeped into our bloodstream From the headlines circling The peddled fear, synthetic dread Has brought the past back from the dead Run for your morals The zombigots are coming Run for your morals The zombigots Will preach deliverance Shackle your intelligence Run for your way of life
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t’s a bidding war for your thoughts They’ll never come free anymore Somewhere between cryptocurrency And hypnotherapy The marketeers pray To master click-bait Like a dark art, dark thoughts Are traded and they're fought for Every second thought you're fed You'll be taxed for You've been chipped, you've been collared You'll dream in billboards and banners You've been made, you've been measured They’ll know you better than you know yourself It's a bidding war for your thoughts They'll never come free anymore There's no room to breathe That can't be seized In this attention economy Somewhere between false economy And invasion of privacy The algorithms pry Dark corners of your mind Like a conquest, the con is They tell you that you want it So you accept their target And thank them for it You've been chipped, you've been subscribed And you'll pay with your life Ch. You’re just a small fish in a big think tank Drowning in brands that See your sentience as a commodity They’ll never give you room to breathe
3.
Mute rage Numb grief There's only silence when we Scream out Our words All turn to steam Under the heat from history books left burning By a movement with a fear of learning The future isn't ours to hoard There's so many sworn in Turn in their hearts and shave their heads Pledge allegiance to the cult of ignorance Disdain Deride They see red when they see Anything that doesn't fit the narrative Of self interest The barricades they build To use their warped pride As their prison Anti-intellectualism Steals power from our every word There's so many sworn in Another neighbour, another friend Another buy into the cult of ignorance This pyramid scheme Trickle down simplicity Feeds the perfect misdirection To the disenfranchised weak You can paint a target On the back of anyone in need Let the hungry hounds Weigh their heart against their greed Mute rage Numb grief There's only silence when we scream
4.
Paper Tiger 02:20
Apex You’re top of the food chain Cast like a shadow You’re not as big as you (seem) Seams in the lies Are starting to split Can you feel your disguise Starting to slip? We watch you fold like a paper tiger With paper cuts from your paper claws You played with fire, paper tiger Now we’ll watch you burn Faithless The people have spoke Disciples have woken You’re not the one they believe (Leave) it behind The kingdom you’ve built You’re the fuel for the fire We’re hungry for the kill Ch. For all your folds You’re still weak There’s no act that we have not seen
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They’re putting out a call to the weak Gonna cure their ills Not with medical aid Or vitamin pills But with empty prayers A desperate pact With the corporate arm Of an invisible man They know that sects sell When you’re in need of a friend They’ve been studying depression Like a market trend And the message they send Is sins absolve If you give the righteous hand control They’re sharpening their nails To drive the message home It’s the billboard prose For the comatose Don’t forget to repent As your eyes close So you can let the burden go They can’t sell you a life So they’ll sell you a death They’ll promise you everything You desire They’ll sell you a remedy An act of God or a golden mean There’s nothing left for you to see All faith is blind It’s like an arms fare But the arms here are make believe And your despair puts you in the crosshairs They’ll steal your change when they cash your greed It’s like a pawn shop, but they won’t stop Until you’re broke and tired The black market auction at the pulpit Sells your soul as they buy your pride They’ll sell you what you think you need A cure for your redundancy There’s no accountability on the other side They’re putting out a call to the weak Released from your confinement First they starve you until you’re sick Then trade the cure for your compliance From a whispered manifesto To a perfect act of violence It’s a protection racket for the souls of the dying You’re indentured then the pressure turns to force-fed belief As the dismembered eidolon of your pride is relieved You’re given focus and fury Given eternal rest They’ll find a life for your family And a war for your chest It’s a moment of peace That you’re too tired not to take You hear that hypnotic whistle And you coil like a snake You learn to lie through your teeth While you’re left lying in wait They placed a god in your dreams Then disappeared without trace So, you’re lonely in the only mode they’ve left to engage It’s a singular rage Built for a singular aim Your aim is righteous and true You’ve got his hand on your shoulder You made their story, your story And so, they made you their soldier An Ouroboros ring That they place on your finger Vow they’re making you whole While they eat you for dinner How you pity the sinners How you’ll sneer at the meek You found strength in conviction They just sleep

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released October 2, 2020

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