Who's That Mask For Anyway?
Like all my music, AI tools were used in the making of this song. I believe in honest use of AI to allow people like myself to express themselves in ways they couldn't before.
The song is written by myself, artwork and post editing is also self made.
This song is a challenge for people to consider how they use social media, and a callout of how its influence has warped our sense of normal. It will be featured on the upcoming album "Beneath the Surface" by my digital band SHAIYEN.
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Lyrics:
[verse 1]
There you go again, worshipping a screen.
Painting smiles, and perfection, not a flaw to be seen.
Do you truly find a comfort in this online charade
Or have you simply gotten used to life as a masquerade?
Each post, a calculated moment of staged reality
This feedback loop, an ever-growing sense of normality
[Chorus]
Come what may,
You put your life on display!
Seems you think that that's the only way...
But at the end of the day,
The only thing to say...
Is, who's that mask for anyway?
[verse 2]
When did likes and shares turn into validation?
When did we become addicted to this brief elation?
Opinions of strangers, like shackles and chains
Thousands of friends who can't remember your name
I know, it's a game we're forced to play, not by choice
But it's a losing game, when kids prefer your phone to their toys
[Chorus]
Come what may,
You put your life on display!
Seems you think that that's the only way...
But at the end of the day,
The only thing to say...
Is, who's that mask for anyway?
[bridge]
I don't claim to have the answer
I don't claim to have a cure
But I know that doing nothing
Keeps us in this loop for sure
I just want to think that I'm ok
That imperfection's also fine
'cause otherwise, what's the point
of sharing these stories of mine..?
[Chorus]
COME WHAT MAY!
You put your life on display!
Seems you think that that's the only way...
But at the end of the day,
The only thing to say...
Is, who's that mask for anyway?
Who's that mask for anyway...
[Chorus]
Come what may,
You put your life on display!
Seems you think that that's the only way...
But at the end of the day,
The only thing to say...
Is, who's that mask for anyway?more