Social Media Saints

[Intro] (No vocals before the verse, a driving guitar riff, bass pulse, upbeat groove) [Verse 1 — The Influencers] Ring light halo, perfect smile Selling miracles one post at a time True crime queens with borrowed tears Create entertainment from someone's fears Yoga gurus preaching peace While rage-bait pays the monthly lease Life coach selling dreams for cash Teaching shortcuts to get rich fast Everybody's got a secret cure The answers you've been longing for Another expert, another face Another filter that hides the fake [Pre-Chorus] They tell us who we should become What to buy and who to love But the closer that we look inside The less their perfect world survives [Chorus — Big Hook] Hey! We pray to the Social Media Saints Trading who we are for who we ain't Everybody wants a perfect life Nobody shows the sacrifice Hey! We're all reading from the same damn sheet Buying every lie they feed Running circles till we're numb Waiting for the life that never comes [Verse 2 — The Followers] Hands keep moving, eyes stare down Lost inside a digital world now Watching strangers live their dreams Through filtered reality screens New clothes, new trends, new debt Trying to become somebody else instead Trading moments for a fantasy Built by marketing and vanity The more we chase, the less we find The more we scroll, the more we're blind Running hard on the hamster wheel Trying to buy the way they say we should feel.... [Pre-Chorus] They tell us happiness is near One more click, just one more year But every promise bought and sold Is another story that left us cold [Chorus] Hey! We pray to the Social Media Saints Trading who we are for who we ain't Everybody wants a perfect life Nobody shows the sacrifice Hey! We're all reading from the same damn sheet Buying every lie they feed Running circles till we're numb Waiting for the life that never comes [Bridge] (Half-time, harmony heavy, reflective) Who benefits from all this noise? Who profits from our self-doubt? Every insecurity becomes a product Every weakness becomes a route The algorithm knows us better Than we know ourselves And we're volunteering every piece As it slowly pulls it out [Verse 3 — The Children] Now the kids grow up online Before they ever learn real life First words spoken to a screen Before they know what silence means Every answer in their hand Before they understand the question Learning worth through likes and views Mistaking attention for affection Raised by tablets, taught by trends Learning how the world buys in Before they've had a chance to see What the truth could really be [Final Chorus — Full Anthem] Hey! We pray to the Social Media Saints Following the lies they paint Chasing lives we'll never live Giving more than we can give Hey! We pray to the Social Media Saints Trading who we are for who we ain't Everybody wants a perfect life Nobody shows the sacrifice Hey! We're all reading from the same damn sheet Buying every lie they feed Running circles till we're numb Scrolling for the life that never comes [Outro] (Gang vocals, layered harmonies, guitars ringing out) Social Media Saints... Social Media Saints... (Fade out into notification sounds and static.)