[Intro][Nu Metal / Dance Rock] (Cinematic, pounding drums, driving bass, distorted guitar. Filtered industrial siren swells and cuts out.) (Ad-libs) Lock on target. Commence cycle. [Verse 1][Aggressive Rap] Check the ticker, check the scroll, watch the outrage on patrol They got the trigger on your feed, controlling every single soul It’s a perfect-engineered venom, a digital adrenaline shot From the fringe celebrity scandal to the headline getting hot We pivot on a dime, yeah, we drop the last distraction Trading anger for the new thing, for a temporary satisfaction You were mad about the market, now you’re mad about the meme It’s the endless, churning current of a manufactured dream. They feed you the outrage just to keep your focus low So you never look behind the curtain, never see the hidden show. [Pre-Chorus][Building Shout] They got your volume turned all the way to ten! You're yelling at the screen and you'll do it all again! You think you're choosing your fight? No, you're choosing your cage! Welcome to the clockwork rhythm of the modern media age! [Chorus][Anthemic Shout] 2-MINUTE HATE CYCLE! Clock's already running low! Throw away the old fire, watch the new fire glow! 2-MINUTE HATE CYCLE! Yeah, the energy is fake! They give us the target so we don't know what to take! [Verse 2][Aggressive Rap] The narrative is disposable, the fury is the coin We gotta be divided, gotta show 'em where we join The algorithm demands that your blood pressure spike From the culture war cannon to the politician you don't like The last conspiracy faded, the last villain is done So they drop a fresh disaster, keeping you under the gun You spent three days screaming, now the target's completely new Fighting shadows on the pavement, giving power to the few. We're so good at the outrage, we forgot how to resist Locked inside the rapid-fire, with a furious, shaking fist. [Pre-Chorus][Building Shout] They got your volume turned all the way to ten! You're yelling at the screen and you'll do it all again! You think you're choosing your fight? No, you're choosing your cage! Welcome to the clockwork rhythm of the modern media age! [Chorus][Anthemic Shout] 2-MINUTE HATE CYCLE! Clock's already running low! Throw away the old fire, watch the new fire glow! 2-MINUTE HATE CYCLE! Yeah, the energy is fake! They give us the target so we don't know what to take! [Breakdown][Industrial Chaos] (Drums become huge and booming, slowing. Dissonant, grinding guitar. Filtered industrial siren swells.) (Spoken Rant) They don't care what you hate, only that you hate. The pivot is the power. The rage is the battery. Look at the clock. It's already time for your next instruction. [Pre-Chorus][Building Shout] They got your volume turned all the way to ten! You're yelling at the screen and you'll do it all again! You think you're choosing your fight? No, you're choosing your cage! Welcome to the clockwork rhythm of the modern media age! [Chorus][Anthemic Shout] 2-MINUTE HATE CYCLE! Clock's already running low! Throw away the old fire, watch the new fire glow! 2-MINUTE HATE CYCLE! Yeah, the energy is fake! They give us the target so we don't know what to take! [Outro][Nu Metal / Dance Rock] (Final chorus riff repeats and speeds up dramatically, dissolving into a wall of aggressive, filtered white noise and the final industrial siren fading out.)
