Canned Laughter

Craving, stalking On a hunt for attention Ready to act, overreact Anything to get a mention Popularity is rising Some encouraging statistics Artificial stars amusing Generated audiences Social networks Augmented reality Dances around the ritual stone Countless friends who make each other so Unloved and alone Childish images Insecure avatars Sending feelings in digital form Stuck in a dead end Beaten by own design One more candle blown Bouncing, screeching Rating system approved Dystopian zoo Statutory apes Critical thinking abolished Presumption of innocence forgotten Lemmings running over the edge Social networks Augmented reality Dances around the ritual stone Countless friends just make each other more Unloved and alone Childish images Insecure avatars Sending feelings in digital form Stuck in a dead end Beaten by own design One more candle blown Wasted lives. Fake worlds. It's all the same. Unending spiral. Attracted by the flavours Of a bright artificial life Unending spiral of escape Canned laughter sounding Tangled cables holding tight A simulation of the world that's left behind Open a door just to find another one Leading to the same place over again How post ironic, abandon the real world To rebuild better and nothing has changed Wasted generations Hooked up on dreams of a better life Losing all connection Voluntary suicide Building new worlds to see History repeating itself Flaws of human nature Are in every one Canned laughter Is just a metaphor To describe modern digital life You can guess why Empty lives, fake emotions Likes and views that mean nothing Wasting your life away Why?