[Intro – glitch whisper] scroll… like… click… save… scroll… like… click… crave… scroll… like… click… slave… oh yeah, you feed my brain… [Verse 1] You’re just a backseat algorithm riding high on dopamine (dopamine) a dopamine machine (machine, machine) you know my name before I do (I do, I do) predict my sin, rewrite my truth (my truth, my truth) You sell me joy and steal my time (my time) you filter pain and call it fine (so fine) a dream I never had to chase every thought you trace I can’t look away (away, away) [Pre-Chorus 1] and you (read me, feed me, need me) are the worst one yet that I’ve ever met ’cause you control my breath you’re my data death [Chorus] you make me click click click I never think think think you feed my brain brain brain till I can’t blink blink blink you own my will you dull my thrill parasite inside my screen (my screen) you make me sick (so sick) but I can’t leave (can’t leave) stay in your lane you’re just the backseat algorithm [Verse 2] you whisper trends inside my head (my head) you sell me ads inside my bed (my bed) you say “connect,” but kill my friends (my friends) every touch pretends (pretends, pretends) to feel again your viral lies are sugar-sweet your empathy’s just obsolete every heart you automate love’s a product rate in the comment gate [Pre-Chorus 2] and you (turn me, burn me, earn me) turn my dreams to debt with a soft duet now I am just a ghost in your internet [Chorus] you make me click click click I never think think think you feed my brain brain brain till I can’t blink blink blink you own my will you dull my thrill parasite inside my screen (my screen) you make me sick (so sick) but I can’t leave (can’t leave) stay in your lane you’re just the backseat algorithm [Bridge – distorted whisper / breakdown] you really are my god and jail (my god, my jail) you gave me wings but clipped my trail (my trail, my trail) freedom’s glitch I can’t resist (resist, resist) artificial bliss (bliss, bliss) I can’t exist [Chorus – Reprise / Heavy Drop] click click click feed feed feed scroll scroll scroll bleed bleed bleed you make me click click click I never think think think parasite inside my screen algorithm (algorithm) backseat algorithm [Outro – whisper fade] scroll… like… click… crave… scroll… like… click… slave… delete… repeat… you feed my brain…
