Magic Trick

Soft static on the TV screen

Young people on the livestream

I Facetimed a friend of mine, he suggested to me

That watching people watch people is the future of our collective dream

And so I went to sleep

Nothing's ever gonna be the same

It's all quiet on the chain gang

What's the point in a picket sign when you've got no one to blame?

You tried building the Tower of Babel, but you forgot your name

So you went insane

I don't have to tell you, it's impossible to miss

Like slowing down the motions of a magic trick

All the little people playing all their little games

How could you look away?

You used to walk to the corner store

Now it's something you would die for

You signed on for a sign of life and breathed a sigh of relief

The whole world was online watching an endless feed

And you can never leave

I don't have to tell you, it's impossible to miss

Like slowing down the motions of a magic trick

All the little people playing all their little games

How could you look away?