Clickbait

by @zinglizh

Skirmish: Mean Spirited (@atornberg)
There is no demo for this song.

Liner Notes

#lyricsonly #skirmish This is about the clickbaiter haters who claim to know something about celebrities to get you to click on their post. It pisses me off and I often yell at my phone, especially when they post stuff about Taylor and Kelsey. Thus the pompoms, fourth down, tawdry girl star, etc. I have a melody, but not posted. Still in progress. These lyrics mostly rolled off my tongue rather than "written."

Lyrics

Though you claim knowing things
You don't really got it figured out, no
You’re doing wrong
Put a head upon display and gotten bigger now, oh
You’re on the feed
You’ve got a bitter mouth planning
With false for the profit shamming
You’re in the greed
Afford a forth down make it
Your goal is press play and post date it

You don't know
But don't know you don’t
You don't know
But don't know you don't know
How, huh, yeah yeah yeah. yeah yeah yeah
How, huh, yeah yeah yeah. yeah yeah yeah

Because you cast wider nets
You don't need to work for revenue, no
You dirty don't
Cause your flavor added teaser gets you tangled views, oh
You show and tell
You’ve got a tawdry girl painting
And demo the star with shading
You play to sell
Defend a trendy brown derby
But trade in pom poms and pawn thirty

You don't know
But don't know you don’t
You don't know
You don't know, you don't know
But don't know you don’t know
How, huh, yeah yeah yeah. yeah yeah yeah yeah
How, huh, yeah yeah yeah. yeah yeah yeah yeah

Fast satin shame wordy
You gotta say it too fake ake ake ake same
You’re rotten dirty
You are a little-toe-pink-house-sounder-better-pay-attention-doubter
But you don’t know, no

Playing tag's like you're throwing a stone
I had to hear about it, read about it
You’re never saying sorry
Heard about it, read about it
You’re bruising someone's story
Make it salty
Get a sold offer after the wound

Yeah I can tell you’re just saying things you don't know
You just say things
You just say things you don't know
Know it all

No no no no no, you don't know
No no no no no, you don't know
No no no no no, you don't know you don't know
But don't know you don’t
No

Comments

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"But don't know you don't" is such a great line. Clickbait... Ugh.

This could easily become a pop-punk song. Nice work!
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Clickbait definitely stinks and I hope you found it cathartic to write about your experience with them. For me, songs about a frustration you need to release are awesome!
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Oh, very good! This touches on a subject that really grinds my gears anyway, and I like how you've picked those people apart. They deserve it. Good write 👌
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