targeting (feat. nettle)

Designed
It's a different kind of life
It sprawls
What we've made, no end in sight

They've made
Something deep inside of me
For sale
I don't trust it

You see the signs
You can read between the lines
My wants, my needs
They're projected on a screen

Before I know
It's injected to the flow
My thoughts, unsaid
They're a hundred steps ahead

And they block me
But I want to
See it clearly

I think I get it
The system needs a change, it needs an edit
Really isn't hard if you let it
Silently shout, working things out
Making yourself known

Is your digital utility
Coming at the cost of your physical ability
Is your networked memory
Worth what you've paid in your energetic currency

Who am I to speak
Learning these strange games has left me weak
I used to know my place
But the image has been replaced

In a game that has no end
What is left but time to spend
Living this life once again
Do you think you'd be my friend?

No escaping it when you're the prize
I can see it when I close my eyes

Hear it when it resonates
Every gesture, every shape

You can look away and power down
But you'll never really be without

Gotta listen to my inner health
And get to know myself

Holding tightly to my demands
I can see I can understand

Taking my time back
(Holding tightly to my demands)
It's not a selfish act
(I can see, I can understand)