Thousand Tiny Cuts

Thousand Tiny Cuts Wake up, log in, type the code again Password wrong? Reset it, start again Uppercase, lowercase, symbol, number Two-factor ping, now I gotta check another Face ID fail, now the PIN won’t stick Security tight but it’s killing me quick Pop-ups scream like “accept or decline” Every single click feels like wasting my mind Captcha puzzles, “prove you’re not a bot” Click every bike, every light, every spot Meanwhile hackers breaking every gate So they raise the walls, now we suffocate More protection, more friction, more delay User turns prisoner just to get through the day Locked in systems built on fear and control And they wonder why we feel this hole Thousand tiny cuts, yeah we bleeding out slow Every little task got a chokehold flow Fight-or-flight but there’s nowhere to run Dying by details, one by one Thousand tiny cuts, yeah we losing our mind Buried in the noise, left the soul behind We were built for more than this machine Tell me when we stopped being human beings News feed dripping poison in my brain Every headline screaming death and pain Fear sells better than truth ever could So they flood the world with the worst they could Scroll, scroll, doom in every direction Algorithm feeding mass depression Try to eat good, but the taste is gone Trends say “don’t eat this,” “that’s all wrong” People counting macros, chasing some lie Forgetting how food feels, forgetting why Real spots closing, flavors disappear Chains take over, copy-paste the year Call a doctor? Yeah, good luck with that Weeks on hold, then a useless chat “Fill this form,” “press one,” “stay in line” By the time you’re seen, you’re out of time Treatment shallow, symptom game strong Patch the surface, something still wrong Handyman shows, but he don’t know shit YouTube taught him how to half-fix it Standards dropping but the price goes high Paying more just to wonder why Bureaucracy maze, thousand twisted rules Language built to confuse the fools Paperwork thicker than a prison wall Try to understand, you just hit a stall No more humans, just bots and screens “Please describe your issue in predefined schemes” Tick the box, don’t step outside System rejects what it can’t classify Companies hiding, no face, no voice You don’t talk to a person, you pick from a choice And every choice leads back to the start Dead-end loops breaking down your heart Work all day just to not fall behind Not for meaning, just to stay aligned Endless grind for a number to rise While the real world fades before our eyes All this effort for nothing that lasts Energy burning absurdly fast Tiny problems, infinite stream Crushing the space where we used to dream Thousand tiny cuts, yeah we bleeding out slow Every little task got a chokehold flow Fight-or-flight but there’s nowhere to run Dying by details, one by one Thousand tiny cuts, yeah we losing our mind Buried in the noise, left the soul behind We were built for more than this machine Tell me when we stopped being human beings We were meant for forests, fire, and sky For long deep thoughts, for asking why For art, for meaning, for something real Not constant friction we endlessly feel Break the loop, cut through the chain Step outside this manufactured pain We forgot what it means to be free Time to remember what we could be