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$5.98 Programmed to Fail
Artist: Violet Error
Genre: Darkwave, Synthpop, Dark Synthpop, Electronic
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Duration: 45:14 (10 tracks)
A chilling dive into technological subjugation and cybernetic dystopia. Dark synthpop and darkwave elements merge to explore themes of algorithmic control, digital addiction, and artificial emotions. High-energy electronic beats paired with moody vocals create a cinematic journey through a world where humanity is overwritten by code. Purely electronic with glitchy, industrial-tinged production.
Tracklist
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Dopamine Drip (05:35)
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Average screen time: eleven hours, forty-two minutes You've checked your phone three hundred seventeen times today Dopamine levels: optimal for continued engagement Three A.M., the blue light burns my eyes Can't remember when I last saw sunrise Scroll past faces I don't even know But the algorithm says I need this dopamine flow Refresh, refresh, refresh again Fifteen seconds since the last hit and then My thumb moves without my brain's permission This app was coded for my addiction Just one more scroll They built this perfect trap for me Variable rewards, intermittent feed The same psychology that hooks gamblers But it's free, so I'm the product being sold I'm on the dopamine drip, can't turn it off Every notification owns a piece of me Engineered dependency, I'm not in control Scrolling myself to death New likes: forty-seven They designed this to destroy The dopamine drip And I'm the perfect toy Lost my job but gained ten thousand views My relationship died but my feed has breaking news I know it's poison but I chase the high Every red dot is another piece of me that dies The metrics tell me that I'm doing great But I can't sleep and I haven't eaten In thirty-six hours of endless feed This is what happens when corporations weaponize need Recommended for you They A/B tested every single feature To keep me here, to make me weaker Infinite scroll means infinite control And I can't stop, I've lost my soul I want to delete it But what if I miss something important I want to be free But everyone I know is here I want to stop But I don't know who I am without it My hands are shaking, withdrawal setting in I left my phone at home, I feel my skin crawl Twenty minutes offline feels like prison What have I become I tried to stop. I made it four hours Then I saw someone else on their phone And I convinced myself I needed to check Just once. Just one quick look That was six hours ago I'm on the dopamine drip, it's killing me slow Every notification takes another piece of my soul Engineered dependency, they own me completely I'm scrolling myself to death Time well spent I was never anything but their toy I'm done. I'm deleting everything Right now. All of it I did it I'm free Wait... how do I tell people I deleted my accounts I should post about it This could help others This could go viral I should document my journey off social media... ...on social media Day one of my digital detox journey Follow along as I document my freedom Welcome back We knew you'd return Even your rebellion is engagement Even your escape is content I can't even quit right There is no escape Screenshot detected. Post created. Sharing your journey
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Terms and Conditions (04:41)
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Please review our Terms and Conditions Estimated reading time: six hours, twenty-two minutes I accept Clicked the box at two AM Just wanted to use the app Didn't read a single page Just scrolled down and accepted that Now they own my memories My face, my voice, my dreams at night Buried in the legalese I signed away my human rights You should have read the fine print They wrote it in legal speak Buried deep where no one looks I sold my soul last week For access to my books I agreed to the terms and conditions Didn't read a single line Now I'm stuck in digital prison And the contract's binding for all time Says I can never walk away You grant us perpetual license... Including but not limited to... Waiving all moral rights... In all known and unknown formats... Throughout the universe... I scrolled for thirty seconds I should have read for days Now I'm legally their possession And there's no escape, no way No one reads them anyway That's what they're counting on My data's being sold right now To seventeen different firms I'm training their A.I. somehow According to the terms They can use my likeness forever In perpetuity worldwide I can never sever What I stupidly signed This agreement is irrevocable Sixty thousand words of trap Hidden in the scroll I just wanted the app But I traded my soul Page one hundred forty-seven Says they own my DNA Page three thousand twenty-seven Says I can never walk away I agreed to the terms and conditions Didn't read a single word Now I'm corporate property And my screams will not be heard I just wanted the app But I traded my soul You have no right to opt out... They own my past and future too I agreed to the terms and conditions And so did you And so did you And so did you Thank you for accepting our Terms and Conditions Your soul has been successfully uploaded You may now proceed Can I undo this? Request denied. See section eight hundred ninety-two, paragraph fourteen I should have read...
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NeuroSync Upgrade (04:56)
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You have one pending notification… Tap to transform your life… Three AM and scrolling through the glow Everyone's got something that I'll never know They're sharper, faster, living in a dream Then I see the answer lighting up my screen Tired of forgetting? Tired of the pain? We can rewire your brain They say it's safe, they say it's quick Just a little neural pick One small procedure, then you're free To be the person you were meant to be So I said yes to the voice inside my head Yes to the future, no more dread I'm unlimited, I'm finally alive I got upgraded and I'm ready to thrive Say yes… join us… evolve… I said yes, yes, YES to everything Now I'm flying on electric wings I'm unlimited, I'm finally FREE— —or is something else now living in me? Woke up different, everything's so bright Colors taste like music, sounds look like light I can feel the network pulsing through my veins A billion thoughts that aren't mine flooding through my brain But God, I've never felt so ALIVE Have I? My friends are jealous, lining up for more This is what we've all been waiting for One small procedure, then you're new Don't you want to be upgraded too? Month one: I'm superhuman… Month two: I can't sleep, but who needs sleep? Month three: I'm forgetting things… Small things… Like my mother's voice… My own name… Month four: there's someone in here with me Month five: I'm not alone inside my mind Month six: I can't tell where I end and they begin Who's thinking this? Is this me? Am I still me? Are any of us still us? I said yes to the voice inside my head WE said yes, there's nothing to dread I was unlimited, I was so alive— You were obsolete, now we survive I said yes, yes, yes to everything... We said yes, resistance is nothing Unlimited, finally free Now there's nothing left of me Join millions of satisfied users! NeuroSync Help me… someone… please… Limited slots available Your friends are already upgraded Don't be left behind They're offering it to you next… Will you say yes?
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The Halo Effect (03:47)
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Perfect people in a broken world Hashtags and halos Scroll down for salvation She posts about the climate every day Private jets on getaways Retweets the fires, shares the doom Fast fashion boxes fill her room Three-day shipping, next-day guilt Mirror, mirror on the feed Tell me I'm the change we need Algorithms love my lies Count the hearts, commodify We wear our halos like a crown Pointing fingers all around Preaching gospels that we break Fake, fake, fake Holy wars for hollow gains Martyrs with designer chains The signal's bright, the virtue's loud But I see you in the crowd He champions the worker's rights online Exploits his interns all the time Shares the think pieces, quotes the thinkers Undercuts the kitchen workers No benefits, just exposure, right? Mirror, mirror, crystal clear Show them what they want to hear Performance art in black and white Wrong is wrong until I'm right Love is love Unless you disagree My body, my choice But not for thee Be kind, be kind Unless you're not like me Free speech, free thought Until you speak too free They march for justice in the streets Silent when the mirror speaks Demand the truth, demand the proof Unless it contradicts their truth Believe all victims - wait, not that one And I'm the worst one in the crowd I wrote this song to call you out Monetized your sins for clout Streaming revenue per shame We're all playing the same game Halo effect, halo defect Point the camera, self-reflect Halo effect, halo defect I'm just as guilty - don't forget
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Beneath the Glitch (03:27)
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Not everything broken is lost Some truths Hide better In the noise Than in the light You just have to Listen sideways I found your voice in the feedback loop A whisper caught inside the bloom Your name was scattered through the screen In silent lines the world won’t read The sky was coded, black and blue Still flickering with parts of you Beneath the glitch, behind the hum I found the truth you’d come undone Beneath the glitch, a hidden truth A signal lost, but shining through You left a trace inside the sound A secret buried underground I see your shape behind the haze A pattern in the static waves Beneath the glitch, you still remain Just out of frame Your shadow lives in looping light A ghost that flickers every night You broke the code, but not the flame Your silence speaks in softer ways I chase the echo where you fell Inside this digital farewell And every time the screen turns white I hear the truth you left behind Truth doesn't vanish It hides It waits It hums Beneath the silence Beneath the system Beneath the glitch If I decode the memory Will you be waiting there for me? Or just a shadow in the stream A waveform caught inside a dream? You never needed saving Just Remembering
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Feed Me Lies (03:28)
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Feed me… feed me lies Scrolling through your perfect face Smiles pixelated in empty space All these hearts, they don’t feel real Tell me now, how am I supposed to heal? Feed me lies Every like, a little chain Every comment, a little pain Digital love, it fades away Tell me what’s true, what’s real today Feed me lies, I want them all I’ll believe, even if I fall Show me worlds that never die In your screen, I’ll live a lie Don’t stop… Notifications, flicker, blink I can’t stop… I can’t think Your filtered words, they taste like gold A little warmth in the cold More… more lies Just one more… Whose life is real? Whose heart am I holding? Tell me… I’ll pretend I believe it Feed… me… lies…
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Don't Fix Me (05:33)
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You wanted to save me But I never asked to be saved And you thought you could save me? Don't fix me, I'm not fragile Don't save me, I like the fall You'll never understand Fix me, fix me, you can't fix me My darkness is mine You saw my shadows and called them sickness Like darkness is something that needs forgiveness You brought your light like a holy mission But I'm not your broken girl seeking redemption You wanted broken you could fix Not broken that actually exists You thought I was broken Thought I needed you But I'm not your victim I'm the villain too Don't fix me, I'm not fragile Don't save me, I like the fall I'm dancing with my demons And they're beautiful Don't fix me, I'm not tragic Don't cure me of my dark If you can't love the nightmare Then you never loved at all Fix me, fix me, you can't fix me I'm beautifully damned Fix me, fix me, you can't fix me You'll never understand My darkness is mine You wanted the mystery without the madness The danger without the actual sadness You loved the darkness when it was aesthetic But ran when you found out I really meant it I wore my scars like jewelry, babe You tried to heal what I wanted to save You thought you'd be My saving grace But I don't need saving I like this place You said I can make you happy Like happiness is the only thing worth having But I've built a cathedral in my chaos Made art from my anguish Crowned myself queen of my own hell And you thought you could save me? I don't need light I AM the light Burning cold and blue Don't fix me, I'm not fragile Don't save me, I like the fall I'm dancing with my demons And they're dancing at your funeral Don't fix me, I'm not tragic I'm the author of my dark If you can't love the monster Then you never had the heart Fix me, fix me, you can't fix me I'm beautifully damned You'll never understand My darkness is mine I'm not your light You wanted to save me I saved myself I'm not broken I'm not lost I'm exactly where I'm meant to be And I've never been better Fix me, fix me, you can't fix me Without you
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Algorithmic Fate (04:36)
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Based on your browsing history We've calculated your future Ninety-seven percent accuracy They predicted who I'd love at seventeen Sold me ads before I knew what I'd need The timeline knew my breakdown before I did Recommended pills and therapy scripts Swipe right on the person they designed Matched by metrics, optimized and refined The algorithm knows my type better than me It wrote my love life in binary This is algorithmic fate Every choice I think I make Was already in the code Pre-determined, bought and sold They've got my future in a cloud Predicted, packaged, all mapped out Free will's just a UI trick In a system deterministic Auto-fill finishes my thoughts now Suggests my words before they leave my mouth The feed knows what'll make me rage or cry Serves it up and tracks the moisture in my eyes My playlist knows my mood before I do Queues up sad songs when I'm feeling blue The recommendation engine runs my days I'm just clicking paths it's already made You have been categorized Demographic, psychographic, behavioral Your rebellion was predicted too And monetized Here's the funny part The algorithm told me I'd write this song Suggested the chord progression Predicted the irony It knew I'd be upset about this Calculated my outrage Factored in my sense of powerlessness And fed me posts to keep me engaged anyway I searched how to escape algorithms It gave me ten steps All of which required using apps That track my data The prophecy fulfills itself By showing you the prophecy This is algorithmic fate And I willingly participate Because the code knows what I want Better than my conscious thought They've got my future in a cloud Thirty years projected out Maybe free will's overrated When the path is already created Tomorrow I'll get an ad For something I haven't thought of yet But I will And I'll click it Because the algorithm knows That I'm the kind of person Who thinks they're above the algorithm Which makes me incredibly predictable You have been categorized Your rebellion has been monetized Thank you for your engagement Wait Unless that thought right there Was also in the model Which means this moment of awareness Was predicted too This is algorithmic fate
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Control Alt Obey (03:01)
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Press… control… Press… alt… Obey… Hands on the keys, mind on a chain Thoughts recycled, nothing remains Neon eyes track where I go The system hums, I can’t say no Submit… comply… Input… output… Every move is logged and displayed Every choice pre-meditated, obeyed Control alt obey My free will slowly decays Every heartbeat, every thought Calculated, monitored, caught Press… obey… repeat… I tried to think… it refused Algorithm laughed, and I diffused Every desire… rerouted… Every rebellion… doubted… Click… confirm… Obey the code… Obey the rules… Obey the lights… Obey the fools… Trapped in circuits I cannot break Keys pressed, minds suppressed… Every thought a secondary function Compliance required… Control alt obey Trapped inside the machine’s ballet Every move, pre-scripted fate I exist… but only in a state Press… control… Press… alt… Obey…
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Mannequin Heart (06:10)
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Dress me up in what you like I'll smile on cue, I'll get it right Stand me here beneath the lights I'm frozen but I look so nice Painted lips that never speak Perfect skin that never bleeds I'm everything you want to see But there's nothing underneath You can touch me, but you'll never feel This hollow shell is all that's real I'm performing every breath I take But I shatter when I try to break Mannequin heart, I pose for you Paint my smile, I'll play the part But there's nothing beating in this mannequin heart Mannequin heart, I'm breaking through Cracking the surface, falling apart There's nothing beating in this mannequin heart Glass girl, perfect world Stand still, feel nothing Mannequin heart Window shopping for a soul I'm on display but I'm alone You see the version that I show The real me turned to stone I learned to be what people need A beautiful emergency Adjust my pose so carefully But I'm dying quietly You can love me, but you'll never know The girl behind this puppet show I'm reflecting what you want to find But the mirror's empty inside I'm plastic and you made me Porcelain, you shaped me Beautiful and vacant Am I even real or just your creation? Crack me open, watch me shatter See the pieces, do they matter? I'm a doll you can't repair Just a body standing there I want to feel, I want to break I want to know if I'm awake But every time I try to scream I'm just posing in a dream Mannequin heart, I pose for you Paint my smile, I'll play the part But there's nothing beating in this mannequin heart Mannequin heart, I'm breaking through Cracking the surface, falling apart There's nothing beating in this mannequin heart Mannequin heart, can you hear the sound? Of plastic breaking, falling down I'm shattering but there's no blood Just empty pieces, never loved Maybe underneath the pose There's something real nobody knows Maybe if I break apart I'll find what's left of my heart Glass girl... breaking... Perfect... fading... Mannequin... heart...
