The Fear of Missing Out

Who said what, who hit like,
Where is everyone tonight
Look at me here I am
Seeking validation where I can
I go to a gig but am I there
If I don’t post it, I don’t share
Haven’t been online for over an hour
I’m losing my mind, I’m out of power

Social media, hit me with likes
Share my message in digital bites
Give me a thumbs up, a smiley face
Emojis with hearts in cyberspace
I'm sharing my life, I'm spreading it about
This is the fear of missing out

Power to the powerless with nothing to say
Soapbox heroes, millions a day
Vitriol and anger passed along
Blowing up like a nuclear bomb
Mountains from molehills, civil distress
Latest celebrities, more friend requests
Who's with who, who said what
It's all out there, read the lot

Social media, hit me with likes
Share my message in digital bites
Give me a thumbs up, a smiley face
Emojis with hearts in cyberspace
I'm sharing my life, I'm spreading it about
This is the fear of missing out

Platforms to communicate, share and engage
Reduced to commercialism, trivia and rage
Soma for the masses, joy and excess
Filling our brains ‘til there's no room left
You can share your opinion that is understood
As long as it fits or it’s trampled underfoot
Algorithms taking charge, making decisions
Digital surgeons with precision incisions
You can’t say this, you can say that
Suspended for free speech, they control the facts
Sure it’s amazing, lots of fun
But is it the rot as we come undone
Orwell predicted 2 way screens
A nightmare vision where we're all seen
That was the position a legal imposition
Now we pay to give free permission
So here we are letting the info flow
Knowledge to power, it’s freely on show
So here we are letting the info flow
Knowledge to power, it’s freely on show

Social media, hit me with likes
Share my message in digital bites
Give me a thumbs up, a smiley face
Emojis with hearts in cyberspace
I'm sharing my life, I'm spreading it about
This is the fear of missing out