Lyric

I check the boxes, follow all the trends

They call me "optimized," I call them friends

A perfect profile built of rented joy

A well-behaved and functional decoy

I wear the uniform of low demand

I nod my head and shake the proper hand

But every tap, every click, every slight pause

Is logged and filed beneath their binary laws

I'm just a glitch in your perfect simulation!

A manufactured smile, a data saturation

I’m the error they allowed, the system's cheap mistake!

I’m nothing but the algorithm’s synthetic waste!

So I'll stop being useful, I'll start being loud!

I'm kicking out the wires, shedding this clean shroud!

The real world shrinks down to a glowing frame

My own reflection doesn't know my name

I feel the static building in my skull

Pretending that this endless scroll is not dull

The pressure to be happy is a heavy coat

It's choking out the truth stuck in my throat

They love the product, they hate the producer

I'm just a silent, tired self-abuser

I'm just a glitch in your perfect simulation!

A manufactured smile, a data saturation

I’m the error they allowed, the system's cheap mistake!

I’m nothing but the algorithm’s synthetic waste!

So I'll stop being useful, I'll start being loud!

I'm kicking out the wires, shedding this clean shroud!

The network's humming, a toxic lullaby

I try to unplug, but the cables are inside

They told me "seek validation," they taught me to comply

But the mirror shows a puppet with dead eyes, oh why?

I'm just a glitch in your perfect simulation!

A manufactured smile, a data saturation

I’m the error they allowed, the system's cheap mistake!

I’m nothing but the algorithm’s synthetic waste!

So I'll stop being useful, I'll start being loud!

I'm kicking out the wires, shedding this clean shroud!

I'm an error, a mistake!