Enshittification

[Intro] First it felt like freedom Click and everything was bright Now it’s twenty ads a second Just to see my friends online Used to be a quiet corner Now it’s shouting all the time Every button hides a wallet Every scroll rewrites my mind [Pre-Chorus] Used to feel like a playground Now it’s all paywalls and pop-ups Every “agree” is a landmine Every “update” locks the door shut [Chorus] Scroll for a glimpse of your friends Drowned in a flood of “sponsored” They sell your name for rent Then ask if you feel honored [Verse 1] Enshittification station Next stop: total saturation Sell my patience Drain my days Dress it up as innovation Enshittification station Every “update” is degradation I’m just data in rotation [Pre-Chorus] Waving from your plantation Enshittification nation Everything’s worse But it costs you more [Chorus] They call it “better engagement” I call it rotting the core Enshittification station All aboard this glitchy train [Verse 2] They take our time Our joy Our trust And trade it in for gain They were “here to help the people” Till the people helped them grow Now they’re holding all the stairways And they’re sawing off the rungs below [Pre-Chorus] “Community” was on the homepage Now it’s buried in the fine print They can even charge me extra For the privilege to dissent (hey!) [Chorus] They bait you in with the candy Then swap it out for the crumbs Turn all your words into “content” Grade your heart with thumbs [Verse 3] Feed you a loop of outrage Keep you too tired to fight If all of this is “the future” Why does it feel like blight? Enshittification station Next stop: total saturation Sell my patience Drain my days [Pre-Chorus] Dress it up as innovation Enshittification station Every “update” is degradation Turn my life to speculation [Chorus] Betting on my desperation Enshittification nation Everything’s worse But it costs you more [Verse 4] They call it “better engagement” I call it rotting the core Enshittification station All aboard this glitchy train They take our time Our joy Our trust And trade it in for gain [Bridge] Remember when it used to work? When “sign in” didn’t feel like hurt? When “free” meant more than “bait and switch”? When “service” wasn’t just a pitch? If they built it We can bail Pull the cord Derail the rail [Pre-Chorus] Find each other somewhere else Where we’re not products on a shelf (woo) Raise your eyes from the glowing glass Ask what they stole while the hours passed [Chorus] What if we just walked away Let their empty kingdoms crash? (hey!) Enshittification station Pull the brakes [Verse 5] Reset the nation Starve the monster Starve the feed Starve the endless irritation Enshittification station Step off Start a migration Log out [Chorus] Walk out Say it plain: We’re not staying on this train Enshittification nation [Post-Chorus] Everything’s worse But it costs you more They call it “better engagement” I call it rotting the core [Outro] Enshittification station Last stop Pull that chain We take our time Our joy Our trust And build it up again