Sociometer Blues

I woke up this morning and opened you up

With a squeeze and a tender caress

We locked horns right away, I was shit on your shoe

I took a dressing down before I got dressed

I come to you for confirmation, testimony, adulation

Education, excitation, palpitation, and flirtation

But you give me aggravation, insult, and disinformation

Hatred, bias and predation, suicidal ideation

You take all my time, you take all my strength, you steal my love

You are the worst friend I ever had

I let you inside, I follow you blind, I take your lead

Now I am a distant pal, an absent Dad

My fingerprints all over your body

Your talons dug into my mind

My nucleus acumbens is putty in your hands

So go easy on me, please be kind

I let you inside, I follow you blind, I take your lead

Now I am a fat recluse, a steaming ghost

You take all my time, you take all my strength, you steal my love

You are a barstool bore, a reckless host

Forged in the loins of the wild, wild west

Taste the testosterone, smell all that ego

Toys for the boys, but we think we are blessed

Wherever they're taking us, that's where we go

When will I be cured of this crippling fucking FOMO?

You went down for half an hour and it felt good

I accepted then that you would never light this face again

But I crumbled when you came back - you knew I would

Now my eyes are on fire and my thumbs are numb

But look at these numbers, see how you want me

A slave to your rhythms, the beats of your drum

You love me, then leave me, then test me and taunt me

You take all my time, you take all my strength, you steal my love

(You bait me and hate me)

I let you inside, I follow you blind, I take your lead

(You shame me and maim me)

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