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Digital Carnival
03:08
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Step right up to this digital carnival
Lay your ego out on the line
You’re bound to go viral
Or more likely spiral
Into the deepest abyss in your mind
Suit yourself in this digital carnival
You’ll be hooked once you’ve gotten a taste
Feel thirst and feel hunger
You’re older or younger
With this filter applied to your face
We’ll make you feel like a winner
We’ll make you feel like a fool
Whatever your thing is
We’ve got something
We’ve got something for you
Speak your mind in this digital carnival
Anything you believe to be true
You don’t need your facts right
It just has to feel right
To feel like you own those who don’t think like you
Stay a while in this digital carnival
See how much you depend on this place
Just know your attention
is fuel for ascension
You’re helping our chairman fly into space
We’ll make you feel like a hero
We’ll make you feel like a fool
Whatever your thing is
We’ve got something
We’ve got something for you
Our algorithm
Will keep you fascinated
On the edge of your seat
Feeling over and underrated
We’ll make you feel like a rock star
We’ll make you feel like a fool
Whatever your thing is
We’ve got something
We’ve got something for you
In this digital carnival
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I got an ETA from my GPS
IMHO, it’s a jumbled mess
Abbreviations everywhere on my TV
I wanna take this up with the FCC
I'm gonna start an organization
To get a handle on this situation
We're People Against the Abuse of Acronyms
Too many terms to know
People Against the Abuse of Acronyms
Most of 'em got to go
We're People Against the Abuse of Acronyms
We're laying down the law
People Against the Abuse of Acronyms
Just call us PAAA
IDK what these things all spell
When I see ‘em online or IRL
Scrolling through TMI all day
If anyone needs me I’ll be AFK
Meeting with my organization
To beat back this abomination
We're People Against the Abuse of Acronyms
Too many terms to know
People Against the Abuse of Acronyms
Most of 'em got to go
We're People Against the Abuse of Acronyms
We're laying down the law
People Against the Abuse of Acronyms
Just call us PAAA
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Zeroes and Ones
04:19
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Big Tech announced a major breakthrough
Stirring up our hopes and fears
Then a chatbot wrote your midterm paper
Still, it reads a little weird
An A.I. engine told me
I should break up with my wife
This disembodied program
Thinks it's the love of my life
A solution in search of a problem
We haven't got
Has got us distracted and losing the plot
Zeroes and ones
Calling the plays
Zeroes and ones
Leading the way
Techies tell us we could be undone
One of these days
With zeroes and ones
Going astray
I'm arguing again with Siri
To play the song I wanna hear
She fails again to understand me
When I'm speaking loud and clear
So listen up, investors
You can save your venture cap
Real living human connection
Will always be the killer app
A solution in search of a problem
We haven't got
Has got us distracted, let's not lose the plot
Zeroes and ones
Calling the plays
Zeroes and ones
Leading the way
Techies tell us we could be undone
One of these days
With zeroes and ones
Going astray
Machines can't care
Machines can't feel
We need good people
At the wheel
It takes human heart
And human soul
And nothing less to make us whole
Zeroes and ones
Calling the plays
Zeroes and ones
Leading the way
Techies tell us we could be undone
One of these days
With zeroes and ones
Going astray
Zeroes and ones
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Unicorn Uniform
03:44
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Hey there kid with your tablet in hand
We’ve got something you’re missing
You need virtual stuff ‘cause pretend ain’t enough
And it’s just a five dollar subscription
Your avatar could be a star
And do the best victory dances
You’ll fit right in with the latest skins
And all our greatest advances
We need milk from this cash cow
So go and tell your grown-ups now
You need a
Uniform for your unicorn
All the other kids got ’em
Beg them to get out their credit cards
And dig down deep to the bottom
Hey there kid, our new season is here
We’ve rolled out a major expansion
Your house is chic, but it’s so last week
Check out Timmy’s new digital mansion
When we sell you this dream, we don’t mean
To cause your family friction
We’re not trying to pester, just pay our investors
And it’s just a ten dollar subscription
We need milk from this cash cow
So go and tell your grown-ups now
You need a
Uniform for your unicorn
All the other kids got ’em
Beg them to get out their credit cards
And dig down deep to the bottom
Unico-o-o-o-o-o-orn
Unifo-o-o-o-o-orm
Unico-o-o-o-o-o-orn
Unifo-o-o-o-o-orm
Unico-o-o-o-o-o-orn
Unifo-o-o-o-o-orm
Unico-o-o-o-o-o-orn
Unifo-o-o-o-o-orm
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Without a Yacht
03:18
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I logged into the latest app
And saw those fabulous photos
Legs in a hammock for a seaside nap
I'm swept away in a wave of fomo
Everyone's living their best lives
While I'm deeply insecure
How is it that I'm failing to thrive?
And why do I come back for more?
When I take out my phone
I see everything I'm not
It gets me feeling alone
Like I’m the only one without a yacht
Without a yacht
If comparison’s the thief of joy
Then this is the heist of the century
Compare, despair and get annoyed
This cycle brings out the worst in me
I really should take the time to see
Social posts can be so selective
You can easily edit your reality
And our view can't be objective
When I take out my phone
I see everything I'm not
It gets me feeling alone
Like I’m the only one without a yacht
Without a yacht
Scrolling in envy of likes and shares
Not really getting anywhere
What does it matter? I don’t know
But it pays for a yacht for some CEO
When I take out my phone
I see everything I'm not
It gets me feeling alone
Like I’m the only one without a yacht
Without a yacht
Like I’m the only one
Without a yacht
Only actually I’m not
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Too Many Tabs Open
03:40
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I got too many tabs open
Too many tabs open
I got too many tabs open
In my mind
I walk into a room , what did I come here for?
My brain's all full of clutter, it won’t hold no more
There’s more to keep me busy than the day before
All these ideas scattered on my kitchen floor
The things that really matter seem so far away
Blocked behind the pop-up ads in my way
When I might be clear again, I just can't say
I'm pretty sure, though, it won't be today
I got too many tabs open
Too many tabs open
I got too many tabs open
In my mind
My brain is overrun with bright and shiny things
Getting yanked around by mass marketing
Media manipulators pull the strings
I'm unprepared to meet what the next moment brings
Should I keep up with the Joneses or just buck the trend?
I don't know how to keep up with a thousand friends
I might try rebooting and just start again
Or put away this screen and use a pad and pen
I got too many tabs open
Too many tabs open
I got too many tabs open
In my mind
I got too many tabs open
Too many tabs open
I got too many tabs open
In my mind
I got too many tabs open
Too many tabs open
I got too many tabs open
In my mind
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Disrupter
03:49
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Who said you need to change
Everything we know?
Whatever we get used to
You're sure it's gotta go
What were you thinking
When you turned it all upside-down?
You needed more attention?
Do you think you're breaking ground?
I don’t need your outrage
To tell me how to feel
I don't need your checkmark
To know that I'm for real
So you can take your click bait
The lines that pay to shock
I see your common sense
Has gone right out of stock
It's just change
For the sake of change
Change
For the sake of change
The way you move your money
Just proves you ain't been taught
The things that really matter most
Are the things that can’t be bought
You give a green light to lying
You open doors to hate
Until they talk trash about you
Then you finally moderate
Mr. Disrupter
You have hardly proved your case
You made a hardcore hellscape
Of your piece of cyberspace
You rearrange the chairs
On a ship that's going down
I'll be on the lifeboat
While you just mess around
It's just change for the sake of change
Change for the sake of change
It's just change for the sake of change
Change for the sake of change
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Disinformation Overload
04:32
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Raiders recognized our weakness
They saw we were exposed
We left our front door open
While our minds were tightly closed
They simply used our anger
At those who disagree
To divide and conquer
Preying on our vanity
We were glued to our phones
So they flooded the zone
Disinformation overload
Disinformation overload
The truth got tossed by the side of the road
Disinformation overload
I click on a headline
I share with a remark
I'm rolling with the bots and trolls
And swimming with the sharks
You click on that headline
And your rage begins to rise
We're only serving someone
Who would benefit from our demise
We place our faith in our phones
We help to flood the zone
Disinformation overload
Disinformation overload
The truth got tossed by the side of the road
Disinformation overload
We are useful idiots
When we get our news
From social media
Real journalists follow rules
Real journalists follow rules
Disinformation overload
Disinformation overload
The truth got tossed by the side of the road
Disinformation overload
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Cyber Troll
04:13
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Keyboard warrior
You throw your flames
While you hide behind
Some username
What you can't create
You try to destroy
Does it give you power
Or give you joy?
I can live with myself, it's not so bad
I'm sorry for you - it's pretty sad
You're nothing but a cyber troll
Got no courage, got no soul
That's just the way you roll
You're just a cyber troll
You're just a cyber troll
The comment section
Is your cyber war
But no one knows
what it's all for
Will this make you popular
Or make you cool ?
It can only prove
That you're a fool
I can live with myself, it's not so bad
I'm sorry for you - it's pretty sad
You're nothing but a cyber troll
Got no courage, got no soul
That's just the way you roll
You're just a cyber troll
You're just a cyber troll
Your cruel remarks are out there forever
One day I hope you will do better
You're nothing but a cyber troll
Got no courage, got no soul
That's just the way you roll
You're just a cyber troll
You're just a cyber troll
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Radicalized
02:46
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You weren't always like this
You had an open mind
Now you're full of hateful theories
From the groups you joined online
I used to understand you
Before you got rewired
Before the zealots changed you
And stoked that raging fire
You got radicalized
Radicalized
Can't you see humanity
In folks with whom you don't agree?
Wake up and see the common ground
We walk upon, just look around
You complained about your love live
When you joined in the Incels
Involuntary celibates
Now you've got a new place to dwell
I know it can be tempting
I see there's an allure
They give you easy answers
Why you're sad and insecure
You got radicalized
Radicalized
Can't you see humanity
In folks with whom you don't agree?
Wake up and see the common ground
We walk upon, just look around
It’s not our blood that’s poisoned
Just your mind
I want to help you
Leave this behind
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Better Self
04:10
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Stumbling through the darkness
As I fumble for the switch
Working on my wiring
Feeling fed up with my glitch
Then I try too hard to fix it
And it blows up in my face
And I catch hell from my critics
I could use a little grace
Now I’m calling on my better self
To lead me through this moment
I’m calling on my better self
To lead me through this moment
Can you start me on the path
To what I know is right?
Can you lead me to the light?
Even when the light is shining
I’m surrounded in a fog
I can’t find the silver lining
Trudging through a muddy slog
Part of me cries, "Let's get going"
Part of me sighs, "It’s no use"
A solution isn’t showing
I could use some help to choose
Now I’m calling on my better self
To lead me through this moment
I’m calling on my better self
To lead me through this moment
Can you start me on the path
To what I know is right?
Can you lead me to the light?
My better self arises
When I’m open and aware
He sees me through a crisis
Not with judgment but with care
Now I’m calling on my better self
To lead me through this moment
I’m calling on my better self
To lead me through this moment
Can you start me on the path
To what I know is right?
Can you lead me to the light?
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12. |
Virtual Troubadour
03:54
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2020 brought a world of pain
Our concert plans were all in vain
Parties were moved to a little screen
The most awkward thing I've ever seen
But I found a way to bring a little joy
I made the best of it and made a little noise
I'm your virtual troubadour
Live from my home to yours
From my basement I'm on world tour
I'm your virtual troubadour
I'm your virtual troubadour
Now a virtual show ain’t no substitute
You can't rock the house when you're on mute
But you end up creating something new
Give and get relief from the lonely blues
I just want to bring a little joy
Go live online and make a little noise
I'm your virtual troubadour
Live from my home to yours
From my basement I'm on world tour
I'm your virtual troubadour
I'm your virtual troubadour
Now I'm out playing shows again
Some nights I still play for my worldwide friends
From Ontario to Tuscany
Where they stay up late rocking out with me
I just want to bring a little joy
Go live online and make a little noise
I'm your virtual troubadour
Live from my home to yours
From my basement I'm on world tour
I'm your virtual troubadour
I'm your virtual troubadour
I'm your virtual troubadour
I'm your virtual troubadour
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Jason Didner Montclair, New Jersey
Jason's body of work as a singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist has grown diverse, representing his nature and lived
experience. He's brought his sense of humor to bear in many of his signature tracks over the past 25+ years.
He's also turned to song to support the mental health of his listeners, his family and himself. They're mantras for waking up grateful and optimistic.
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