digital
it’s a matter of fact
this is inspired by Black Dada
thanks for being inspired Adam P
let it be known this shall never be finished
take this leave that
you're the voyeur
don’t ask me about my bank balance
my business isn’t yours
get verified blue tick next to the name means i mean something
twitter facebook instagram what a fucking usless scam
usless isn't a typo there's no us or we nor you and me when we only say i and i am guilty
the we stopped meaning something to me
useless
words stop meaning anything but i’m told it’s how you get paid
to promote thousand images here and there and just get laid
caption this like that follow this follow me follow who
make a story for the bots
some cute boy with pretty eyes telling you what’s what
he hearted my filtered videos so now i exist
i’m looking for something organi i insist
there’s no escape
escaping within escapism
do you find this pretentious?
well i listened to your song with fours words
that you repeated in any sequence to create meaning
for some people who will pay to buy merch
that makes them feel like they're a part of something
harsh?
the drug that is belonging
not everything is bad
not everything is good
who am i now
Miss Now
some artificial existence that reaches something
anything could mean everything
and everything could mean nothing
i have thousands of unopened emails waiting
when i stop looking will they stop existing
no they say we’re in the Metaverse
whatever that means i just want real grass
pen and paper
book between my hands where i can feel pages
but then i’m ancient or a romantic
and i’m back to the bittersweet reality that
what we have online has to mean something now
Miss No! make it mean something now
more than a character in a play, tv show, feature film
see me petrified by the medicine i take
because the world is a lonely place
lonelier because now i’m looking for meaning
through an app on a phone
clinging to a tweet or a hashtag
meant to be negative
meant to mean something
something something something
when it all just feels like a void
pessimist? no
i’m tea and the cigarettes i claim i don’t smoke
i’m English rain and Arabian sea and sun
i’m petrol, gasoline, energy, a target
so desirable
defined by my degrees
defined by my past
defined by my roots – are they there?
defined by my love – are you there?
i probably look like someone you wish you knew
as you scroll through your phone, browse through your laptop, too
and stumble across another name with an image
of someone who could be
real, breathing, living, alive
human
not just another domain
or instagram grid where we add archive caption delete
my life in images and codes and algorithms
not a single face in front of me
no how are you?
let me help you
just screens made of cellophane
unbreakable plexiglass that shatters my brain
and i thank the rainbow coloured glowing neon gods for the music
thank you for the music