[Silence]
[Instrumental, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Drums, Piano, Organ, Synth]
[Intro]
[Instrumental Intro: Funk Bass Groove, Tight Drums, Clavinet, Clean Electric Guitar, Analog Synth Stabs]
[Spoken Vocal]
Consumption…
(Mass assumption)
It’s not just what you buy.
(It’s when your buying makes us cry.)
[Verse 1]
Want becomes a number
Number becomes a need
Need becomes a purchase
Purchase plants the seed
More becomes the measure
Bigger feels like more
More becomes the habit
Habit becomes the score
[Pre-Chorus]
Add it up
(Multiply)
One more thing
(Justify)
Round and round
(The function grows)
Where it ends
(Nobody knows)
[Refrain]
The consumption
(Function)
Funks us up
The consumption
(Function)
Multiplies…
(The do or dies)
[Chorus]
Consume!
(Consume!)
Demand!
(Demand!)
The function keeps on growing
As the spending keeps on flowing
Consume!
(Consume!)
Demand!
(Demand!)
[Refrain]
The consumption
(Function)
Funks us up
The consumption
(Function)
Multiplies…
(The do or dies)
[Verse 2]
Economics can tell you
How the cycle starts
Income turns to spending
Spending turns to parts
Energy feeds production
Production feeds the sale
Sales create the demand
Demand drives the scale
But the function isn’t fate
We can change the input stream
Change the choices at the bottom
Change the shape of the dream
[Instrumental]
[Electric Guitar Solo: Funk-Rock Groove, Wah Guitar, Slap Bass, Rhodes Piano, Tight Drums]
[Bridge]
What if less
(Could be more?)
What if need
(Isn’t whore?)
What if saving
(Saves the day?)
What if spending
(Changes the way?)
[Rap Vocal Break]
Consumption function
Running in your head
Want it!
(Buy it!)
Need it!
(Get it!)
Click!
(Ship!)
Pack!
(Flip!)
Use it once
Then then throw it way
Spending the savings
For a rainy day
Multiply the demand
Multiply the flow
Multiply the energy
Where does all that go?
Stop!
Recalculate!
(Recalibrate)
What if your dollar
(Could vote n’ holler?)
What if your choice
Could change the boat?
Less demand
(Less extraction)
Less demand
(Less pollution)
Change the function
Change the game
You don’t have to
Stay the same
[Breakdown]
[Music Drops to Bass, Rhodes, Sparse Percussion]
The consumption…
Function…
Input.
Output.
Demand.
Supply.
[Whispered]
Change the input…
Change the outcome.
[Final Refrain]
The consumption
(Function)
Funks us up
The consumption
(Function)
Multiplies…
(The do or dies)
[Outro]
[Instrumental Outro: Funk Bass, Clavinet, Clean Guitar, Rhodes, Synth Pulse, Drums; Gradually Breaking Into Acoustic Guitar]
Consumption…
Function…
Multiply…
Or simplify.
[Spoken, fading]
Change the function.
Change the damned demand.
Supply a new knew high.
From the album “Demand Destruction“