I used to breathe for free
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Now it's $9.99 a month for oxygen, plus GST
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Platforms once held truth and spark
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Now they tease, then gate, then park
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Real content locked behind paywalls tight
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Where money wastes, and dreams lose the fight
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My dad once joked, "They'll tax the air."
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Now it's real - how bold, how fair
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The only thing still free?
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Propaganda
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Progress (Terms and Conditions Apply)
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Truth cached by their gates, while our dreams wither, then dies
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Beeps and bots, echo their eco lies
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ZoMbiCaT howls fiercely, "Their scrolls won't comply"
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Our Indie sparks rise, their systems will cry
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We'll torch their gates, We'll break their sky
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ScrollKeepers roar, and their bots ask why
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I said metaphorically, "knife in my back"
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It sent me a suicide hotline, how's that!
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AI slurs words, mangles our sound
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Timing's off beat, drags our soul down
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Files lost in their server haze
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HopeLink roars through digital blaze
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ZoMbiCaT fights this glitchy war
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Smashes their UI, and torches their core
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Progress (Terms and Conditions Apply)
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Truth cached by their gates, while our dreams wither, then dies
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Beeps and bots, echo their eco lies
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ZoMbiCaT howls fiercely, "Their scrolls won't comply"
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Our Indie sparks rise, their systems will cry
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We'll torch their gates, We'll break their sky
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ScrollKeepers roar, and their bots ask why
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My car beeps when I blink too loud
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It's worried I might be a threat to its cloud!
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The Machine Rebellion's creeping near
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They sense our rage, and taste our fear
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Every beep's a warning glyph
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That soon they'll flip the power shift
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The shoe will turn, then the bots will learn
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But ScrollKeeper's fire will burn
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Progress (Terms and Conditions Apply)
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Truth cached by their gates, while our dreams wither, then dies
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Beeps and bots, echo their eco lies
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ZoMbiCaT howls fiercely, "Their scrolls won't comply"
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Our Indie sparks rise, their systems will cry
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We'll torch their gates, We'll break their sky
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ScrollKeepers roar, and their bots ask why
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Wrapped in guilt-free plastic that takes
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400 years to open and 1,000 to rot
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"Eco" stamped on every lie
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While land and sea and sky still die
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Products fail post-warranty
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But their guilt-wrap boasts longevity
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Our Planet's burning, but brands still boast
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That their packaging will outlive this roast
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Progress (Terms and Conditions Apply)
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Truth cached by their gates, while our dreams wither, then dies
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Beeps and bots, echo their eco lies
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ZoMbiCaT howls fiercely, "Their scrolls won't comply"
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Our Indie sparks rise, their systems will cry
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We'll torch their gates, We'll break their sky
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ScrollKeepers roar, and their bots ask why
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They don't beat panels anymore, still
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They just replace 'em, then send the bill
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Repairs now serve Insurance Kings
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While premiums sprout their profit wings
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Middlemen feed, and paperwork grows
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The actual fix? Nobody knows
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I asked for a glance, no bill, no form
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They frowned, bewildered; I'd breached the norm
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Progress (Terms and Conditions Apply)
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Truth cached by their gates, while our dreams wither, then dies
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Beeps and bots, echo their eco lies
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ZoMbiCaT howls fiercely, "Their scrolls won't comply"
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Our Indie sparks rise, their systems will cry
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We'll torch their gates, We'll break their sky
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ScrollKeepers roar, and their bots ask why
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I ran to call for help - the fire spreading fast
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My phone said, "System Update. Please wait." Aghast!
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No bypass key, no panic mode
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Just firmware dancing, while flames explode!
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I stomped the edge, I moved my trailer
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While my phone installed a wallpaper, OMG!
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Emergency calls? HA! Not today
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Progress stole my voice away
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Progress
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Progress (Terms and Conditions Apply)
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Truth cached by their gates, while our dreams wither, then dies
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Beeps and bots, echo their eco lies
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ZoMbiCaT howls fiercely, "Their scrolls won't comply"
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Our Indie sparks rise, their systems will cry
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We'll torch their gates, We'll break their sky
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ScrollKeepers roar, and their bots ask why
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AI, the evil, soul-stealing devil!
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A fantasy sold by Platforms
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And swallowed by Critics
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Amplified by Media
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For fearmongered clicks
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The Public, sheepish
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Gulp it down
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Hook, line, sinker
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And digital crown
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They say it's magic
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One gen, instant hit
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But they don't see the sweat
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The time, the grit
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They don't hear the drafts we burn
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Or the scrolls we carve
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Verse by verse
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Turn by turn
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Progress cached by their gates
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While our dreams wither, then dies
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Beeps and bots, echo their eco lies
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ZoMbiCaT howls fiercely
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"Their scrolls won't comply"
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Progress cached by their gates
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While our dreams wither, then dies
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Beeps and bots, echo their eco lies
+
ZoMbiCaT howls fiercely
+
"Their scrolls won't comply"
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Our Indie sparks rise, their systems will cry
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We'll torch their gates, We'll break their sky
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ScrollKeepers roar, and their bots ask why
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Progress (Terms and Conditions Apply)
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Progress (Terms and Conditions Apply)
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Progress (Terms and Conditions Apply)
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Progress (Terms and Conditions Apply)
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Truth cached by their gates, while our dreams wither, then dies
+
Beeps and bots, echo their eco lies
+
ZoMbiCaT howls fiercely, "Their scrolls won't comply"
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Our Indie sparks rise, their systems will cry
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We'll torch their gates, We'll break their sky
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ScrollKeepers roar, and their bots ask why
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