Algorithm & Blues

 

Feeling like a commodity

Is sneaking up inside of me

When every third thing that I see

Is showing me a luxury

It's something I don't really need

But it's built for one of my core beliefs

Cos they know everything about me

And will exploit it all for greed

The only barrier to learning

Everything about my life

Is how much you're prepared to pay

A company that has it all their own way

They know all your secrets

Maybe even before you do

And now we realise

We've got the algorithm and blues

I always have been Ad-averse

Now we're stripped down to our daily worth

Compartmentalised from birth

Convinced to spend every penny we earn

It's media without the social

as the scales tip more towards the total

adverts they can show to folk who'll

tell them all they need to know

about everything they say and do

and think and believe so believe it too

they'll sell you to the highest bid

your hopes and dreams to make a few quid

They know all your secrets

Maybe even before you do

And now we realise

We've got the algorithm and blues

(Instrumental)

now listen out for the scary part

we all know that they've got no heart

and more money than could fill the arc

I wouldn't even know where to start

But it's with your data analysed

they can tailor their favourite lies

Your thought process get compromised

And before you know you're propagandised

You'll vote for what they tell you to

You think everyone thinks like you

It's ok to mistrust the news

As long as that mistrust goes their way too

They know all your secrets

Maybe even before you do

And now we realise

They've got the algorithm

And they'll use it to divide society

and undermine democracy

without which we cannot be free

As they all wring their hands with glee, 'cos

They know all your secrets

Maybe even before you do

And now we realise

We've got the algorithm and blues