Mom & Dad 2.0

[Verse: soft synthetic pad; crooned delivery with a bitter wink] Mom and Dad are watching streams, foxes shout and peacocks scream. Boomer rage on flat-screen glow, kids can’t pay their student loan. [Chorus: chorale parody, stacked vocoders] Mom & Dad, don’t you see? Scrolling broke the family. Mom & Dad, don’t you know? Truth is just a sponsored show. [Verse: gentle but sarcastic phrasing] Mom and Dad still clutch their fear, forward memes from yesteryear. We just doomscroll all night long, bonding through the algorithm’s song. [Chorus: repeat with more distortion] Mom & Dad, don’t you see? Scrolling broke the family. Mom & Dad, don’t you know? Truth is just a sponsored show. [Bridge: sudden dark synth swell; mock-dramatic delivery] Who will you blame when the feed goes black? Who will you trust when the lies come back? Who will you hold when the filters fade? Who will explain what the bots have made? [Outro: lullaby-like synth descent; half-whispered line] Mom & Dad, don’t you know? ...we’re just another viral show.