Dopamine

This is a story about control
We all dream big, but we live so small
Always hiding what we crave the most
Lock the truth away so no one knows

The siren's sweet melody calls
From the shadows she whispers to us
Reason fades among the flickering lights
We lose ourselves behind these walls

It's easy to post lies
It's easy to swipe
What's not easy
Is cleaning up the wreckage
What's not easy
Is dealing with life

It's easy to buy
Things we don't need
With cash we don't have

We crave the hit
It's easy to waste
Time we won't get back
And cash we don't have
We do it for the hit

Ooo, Ooo
Dopamine, Dopamine
Ooo, Ooo
Dopamine, Dopamine
That dopamine hit (Ooo, Ooo)
Dopamine, Dopamine
Ooo, Ooo
We do it for the hit
Ooo, Ooo

Dopamine, Dopamine
Ooo, Ooo
Dopamine, Dopamine
Ooo, Ooo

We do it for the hit
Dopamine, Dopamine
Ooo, Ooo
That dopamine hit!

Tomorrow gives us a fighting chance
While today hides our many secrets
Pushed to the edge, stress n' sin pull us in
We're caught within this burning dance

Screens don't make us kinder, just duller
But it's never too late to change our path
We weren't born like this, stuck on our knees
And broken crayons like us can still color (color)

It's easy to post lies
It's easy to swipe
What's not easy
Is cleaning up the wreckage
What's not easy
Is dealing with life

It's easy to buy
Things we don't need
With cash we don't have

We crave the hit
It's easy to waste
Time we won't get back
And cash we don't have
We do it for the hit

Ooo, Ooo
Dopamine, Dopamine
Ooo, Ooo
Dopamine, Dopamine
That dopamine hit (Ooo, Ooo)

Dopamine, Dopamine
Ooo, Ooo
We do it for the hit
Ooo, Ooo

Dopamine, Dopamine
Ooo, Ooo
Dopamine, Dopamine
Ooo, Ooo
We do it for the hit

Dopamine, Dopamine
Ooo, Ooo
That dopamine hit!

No, no, no
You don't need it anymore
No, no, no
You don't need that shit anymore

No, no, no, no, no
No, no, no, no, no

Wasting my time with you
But I like you to like it too
Wasting away it's true
But I like wasting time with you
Wasting my time with you
But I like it I like it too
Wasting away it's true
But I like wasting time with you

We're slaves to the chase
No end to the race
Caught in the loop
Chasing the taste
Screens flash and burn
We never learn
This hit won't last
But we still return

Lost in the glow
Of a screen we can't let go
Chasing the thrill
That'll never make us whole

Caught in the loop
We can't break the code
Hit won't last
But it's all we've ever known

It's easy to buy (Wasting my time with you)
It's easy to swipe
It's never easy
When you're chasing the hype (But I like you to like it too)

(Wasting away it's true)
Why sleep on it? (But I like wasting time with you)

We'd rather be addicted
To all these devices
As our cortisol rises
We play for worthless pointless prizes
In our digital avatar disguises
Lusting for surprises
Refusin compromises
Up till the sun rises
Avoiding real paradises

Are we really ok with these sacrifices?

Why sleep on it?
Why the hell did the adults let this shit happen?