Zeitgeist

We like to talk about our freedom
While we're tethered to our phones
The prospect of any kind of digital detox
Chills you to the bone
We never turn the damn things off
For fear of being alone
Plugged into the matrix
Permanently on

Like greedy kids on trick or treat
Taking all the cookies
Taking all the cookies
From the strangers we don't know
We all forgot the golden rule
Strangers can be dangerous
Now the satellites are tracking us
Everywhere we go

This is the zeitgeist
The spirit of the age
This is the deadly combination
Of the error of our ways
And now it's like we're falling backwards
Falling into empty space
Falling backwards to a darker place
Away from all the progress that we'd made

You get your intel from the algorithm
Now you think that everybody
Thinks the way you do
You get your headlines from the Red Tops
Churning out whatever slop
The Murdochs feed to you
No one wants the experts
Cause the truth gets in the way
Confirmation bias is the order of the day
If it doesn't fit your version of the world
Make it go away

This is the zeitgeist
The spirit of the age
This is the deadly combination
Of the error of our ways
And now it's like we're falling backwards
Falling into empty space
Falling backwards to a darker place
Away from all the progress
That we'd made

Ever shrinking tunnel vision
While we keep the blinkers on
Never stopping for a second
Never thinking that we might be wrong
Cannon fodder for the clickbait
Scrolling down the page
This is the zeitgeist
This is the zeitgeist
This is the spirit of the age