The Doomscroll

(Lyrics)

Inspired by:
The modern trend of continuously scrolling through news feeds on social media apps

An endless trail set upon
Paved with collective dread
Enchanted pessimistic hypnosis
A self-inflicted paralysis

Oh watcher of the prophecy
Herald of calamity
Sentinel of the curtain call
Chronicle of mankind’s fall

A silent vigil, all too abysmal
Isolated and transfixed
Not even ignorance is bliss
Dragged in the tide of events

Take your seat and pay your toll
Apostate of the doomscroll

To control the uncontrollable
But left searching in vain
Your eyes are petrified
With a lasting malaise

Waiting in the wings
As a watcher on the wall
While the doomscroll may bring
Nothing at all

A silent vigil, all too abysmal
Isolated and transfixed
Not even ignorance is bliss
Dragged in the tide of events

Take your seat and pay your toll
Apostate of the doomscroll

Alternate verse:

Compulsive am I
Sleep deprived and paranoid
A creeping end of the world
The spell won’t break with ease
Too much negativity to appease

Handheld ritual
A temple digital
Holding a blank stare
Present but still unaware

Oh watcher of the prophecy
Herald of calamity
Sentinel of the curtain call
Chronicle of mankind’s fall

A silent vigil, all too abysmal
Isolated and transfixed
Not even ignorance is bliss
Dragged in the tide of events

Take your seat and pay your toll
Apostate of the doomscroll