From the recording Screentime Sings the Blues
ntense, driving rock electro-pop song with Indian themes and motifs. Male vocals in English; background accent vocals in Hindi. Featuring Sergio da Silva on drums. Keyboards, bass, drums, strings, Indian instruments (bansuri, harmonium, tambura, santur, sitar, sarod, shenai, and tabla).
Includes royalty-free vocal samples from Noizz, Ltd., Leeds, UK. More information available.
Photo by Dibakar Roy
Lyrics
Screentime Sings the Blues
Give us all the headlines, give us all the news that we can take
Doesn't really matter - there's so much in the news to break
And what's revealed we half-remember
Before the cycle churns and burns again
I'll go manic; in a panic, summarize the world for you
In an hour, feel the power, as screentime sings the blues
Can't give up the dopamine, always just waiting for the rush
Inside our inner voices dwindle from a scream down to a hush
So out of reach, out of control
Dealing with the devil for a scroll
In a minute I could win it, and jump right off the wheel
But we're boozers and we're users -- it's how we love to feel
In a minute I could win it, and jump right off the wheel
But we're boozers and we're users -- it's how we love to feel
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