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The Digital Mirror

The Dopamine Factory

An assembly line for attention offers comfort on demand — and quietly invoices us in pieces of ourselves.

Hypnotic neo-soul · warm · mechanical · darkly comicLyrics by Thomas LukaschewskiOriginal language: English

Intro — The System

“Welcome back, user. Your distraction is loading… please stand by.”

Verse 1

I wake up, phone glow — first prayer of the day,
my thumb goes scrolling like it knows the way.
Breaking news, heartbreak, funny memes collide,
someone's selling comfort — “one click to buy.”

Porn tabs open, dopamine drip,
one more reel, one more sip.
Coffee, crypto, likes, and lies,
we chase the spark that never dies.

The guy next to me in the sauna's got his phone,
checking his LinkedIn while he sweats alone.
Silence knocks, but we play pretend —
scroll again, transcend.

Pre-Chorus

We built a holy prison out of taps and swipes,
praise the feed, and trade your life.
They say enlightenment's a vibe —
but mine expires when Wi-Fi dies.

Chorus — The System

Come get your hit, don't stop now,
you've earned your peace, I'll show you how.
Don't fix the ache, just numb the sound —
you'll feel alive while burning down.

Welcome to the dopamine factory,
where pleasure's free and pain's a luxury.

Verse 2

We got treadmills for the anxious,
reels for the righteous,
apps for the lonely,
and trends for the lifeless.

Gym selfies at dawn,
body strong, mind gone.
Ten thousand steps to nowhere fast,
I sweat through time that never passed.

Swipe left, swipe right, ego roulette,
connection in pixels, affection in debt.
Headlines scream, my brain complies,
“Outrage now — your dopamine's nigh.”

I laugh at it, but it laughs too —
the algorithm knows I'll stay on cue.

Bridge

I tried silence once — it felt obscene.
A minute stretched like a guillotine.
So I reached for the glow that forgives my fear,
and the feed said, “We're always here.”

Chorus — The System

Come get your hit, don't stop now,
your boredom's fixed, I'll show you how.
Don't think too hard, just play along,
the quiet lingered much too long.

Welcome to the dopamine factory,
where pleasure's free and pain's a luxury.

Final Verse

I see the script, foresee the play,
the loop begins where thoughts decay.
The price was small — just who I am,
I paid in silence, gram by gram.

If meaning knocks, I'll let it wait —
there's still some joy to simulate.
And I see the way out now…
but I still scroll the other way.

Outro — The System

“Session complete. Thank you for participating in your own distraction.”

© Traveler’s Mindset · Lyrics by Thomas Lukaschewski

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