(Tempo: Fast, aggressive, driving drum beat) (Intro: Heavy, distorted guitar riff, feedback shrieking) (Verse 1) Suit and tie, silicon smile Sucking the blood from a killer vinyl Boardroom bastards, sharks in the dark Ripping the meat off the underground spark You take a million spins, what do we get? A fraction of a penny and a mountain of debt! You didn't build the scene, you didn't hold the mic You’re just a glorified parasite! (Chorus) Strip mine! Strip mine! Sucking it dry! Algorithms telling us what to buy! First it was Napster, now it’s the stream Killing the culture, crushing the dream! Hey! Ho! Where’d the money go? Into the pockets of the CEO! (Verse 2) Clickbait culture, playlists of doom Two-dollar payouts in a boardroom Garage bands starving while the tech bros feast On the carcass of the independent beast Data mining, stream-lining, selling our souls For a digital empire you control You call it connection, we call it a heist You put a barcode on our sacrifice! (Chorus) Strip mine! Strip mine! Sucking it dry! Algorithms telling us what to buy! First it was Napster, now it’s the stream Killing the culture, crushing the dream! Hey! Ho! Where’d the money go? Into the pockets of the CEO! (Bridge) [Fast, chaotic, feedback screeching] Spotify! Apple! All of the scum! Beating the culture till it's dead and numb! Shareholders laughing, artists get burned Give us back the money that the music earned! Unplug the server! Burn down the cloud! We don't need your platform to play it loud! (Guitar Solo - Short, sloppy, high-energy) (Chorus) Strip mine! Strip mine! Sucking it dry! Algorithms telling us what to buy! First it was Napster, now it’s the stream Killing the culture, crushing the dream! Hey! Ho! Where’d the money go? Into the pockets of the CEO! (Outro) No more streams! No more feeds! Bury the tech! Starve the greed! [Guitar feedback holds, abruptly cuts out on a final drum hit]
