The Scrolling Scam

Verse 1

Posted digital detox starts now at nine AM

Checked

I checked the likes by nine oh one

Proper nob

Gonna read a book

Gonna touch some grass

Three hours later

Doomscrolling past

Deleted the app

Felt so pure and clean

Reinstalled it by lunchtime

You know what I mean

This time it is different

This time it is real

The phone is in your hand

And that is the deal

Chorus

Digital detox

Digital detox

Digital detox

Digital detox

You lasted twenty minutes

Twenty minutes

Back to the scroll

Back to the scroll

Verse 2

Bought a journal to write your thoughts by hand

Took a photo

For the gram

Understand

Day one of my offline journey begins

Posted from your phone

Where is the discipline

Turned off notifications

Felt so free

Checked manually

Every two minutes just to see

The FOMO is real

Silence is loud

Can not be offline

When your worth is the crowd

Chorus

Digital detox

Digital detox

Digital detox

Digital detox

You lasted thirty minutes

Thirty minutes

Back to the feed

Back to the feed

Bridge

You said you would

You said you would

The phone is just

It is just a tool

You are in control

You are in

Who are you kidding

Verse 3

Week three

Of your digital detox plan

Still announcing it online

Yeah that is the scam

You are not offline

Performing offline

Curating the aesthetic

Of a simpler time

Forest app growing trees while you ignore real ones

Screen time limits

You override when the day is done

Addicted to quitting

Hooked on the try

The detox itself

Is just another high

Outro

Digital detox

Digital detox

Posted about it

Posted about it

Screen time

Eleven hours today

Digital detox

Digital detox

Tomorrow

Tomorrow

Tomorrow