Why is Everything a Subscription?

Verse 1

I bought a thing, or so I thought

Turns out access is all I got

Click “agree” to thirty pages

Now I’m locked behind more paywalls daily

Used to own my favorite songs

Now I rent them all month long

Even lights need apps to shine

Why’s my toaster asking me to sign in?!

Pre-Chorus

Free trial for seven days

Then they charge me anyway

Cancel button’s hidden deep

Somewhere I’ll never reach

Chorus

Why is everything a subscription?

Living life on auto-deduction

Every month it takes a piece

Of my sanity and my receipts

Why is everything a subscription?

Breathing feels like a condition

If I blink, I probably owe

$9.99 just to exist, bro

Verse 2

Streaming this and streaming that

Five accounts I can’t keep track

Password wrong? Reset again

Now I’m locked out till who knows when

Cloud storage is “running low”

Even though I pay them, bro

Premium just to skip the ads

Watching ads about removing ads

Pre-Chorus

“Upgrade now for extra perks!”

Translation: “We’ll make it worse”

Basic plan is just a tease

Pay more just for basic needs

Chorus

Why is everything a subscription?

Living life on auto-deduction

Every month it takes a piece

Of my sanity and my receipts

Why is everything a subscription?

Budget gone with no permission

If I breathe a little wrong

They’ll invoice me before too long

Bridge

Wait—what am I even paying for??

Music, shows, storage, doors??

My car has features locked behind a fee—

BRO I ALREADY BOUGHT THE CAR, LET ME BE

Next thing you know it’s oxygen plans—

“Upgrade lungs for premium air”

Cancel life? Yeah I would try…

But I forgot my login, so never mind

Final Chorus

Why is everything a subscription?

Trapped inside a monthly system

Every tap and every click

Adds another line to the list

Why is everything a subscription?

Capitalism gone magician

Now you see my money’s gone—

Now you don’t, it’s auto-withdrawn

Outro -Spoken

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