[Silence]
\n[Instrumental, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Drums, Piano, Organ, Synth]<\/p>\n
[Intro]
\n[Instrumental Intro: Funk Bass Groove, Tight Drums, Clavinet, Clean Electric Guitar, Analog Synth Stabs]
\n[Spoken Vocal]
\nConsumption…
\n(Mass assumption)<\/p>\n
It’s not just what you buy.
\n(It’s when your buying makes us cry.)<\/p>\n
[Verse 1]
\nWant becomes a number
\nNumber becomes a need
\nNeed becomes a purchase
\nPurchase plants the seed<\/p>\n
More becomes the measure
\nBigger feels like more
\nMore becomes the habit
\nHabit becomes the score<\/p>\n
[Pre-Chorus]
\nAdd it up
\n(Multiply)
\nOne more thing
\n(Justify)<\/p>\n
Round and round
\n(The function grows)
\nWhere it ends
\n(Nobody knows)<\/p>\n
[Refrain]
\nThe consumption
\n(Function)
\nFunks us up<\/p>\n
The consumption
\n(Function)
\nMultiplies…
\n(The do or dies)<\/p>\n
[Chorus]
\nConsume!
\n(Consume!)
\nDemand!
\n(Demand!)<\/p>\n
The function keeps on growing
\nAs the spending keeps on flowing<\/p>\n
Consume!
\n(Consume!)
\nDemand!
\n(Demand!)<\/p>\n
[Refrain]
\nThe consumption
\n(Function)
\nFunks us up<\/p>\n
The consumption
\n(Function)
\nMultiplies…
\n(The do or dies)<\/p>\n
[Verse 2]
\nEconomics can tell you
\nHow the cycle starts
\nIncome turns to spending
\nSpending turns to parts<\/p>\n
Energy feeds production
\nProduction feeds the sale
\nSales create the demand
\nDemand drives the scale<\/p>\n
But the function isn’t fate
\nWe can change the input stream
\nChange the choices at the bottom
\nChange the shape of the dream<\/p>\n
[Instrumental]
\n[Electric Guitar Solo: Funk-Rock Groove, Wah Guitar, Slap Bass, Rhodes Piano, Tight Drums]<\/p>\n
[Bridge]
\nWhat if less
\n(Could be more?)<\/p>\n
What if need
\n(Isn’t whore?)<\/p>\n
What if saving
\n(Saves the day?)<\/p>\n
What if spending
\n(Changes the way?)<\/p>\n
[Rap Vocal Break]
\nConsumption function
\nRunning in your head<\/p>\n
Want it!
\n(Buy it!)
\nNeed it!
\n(Get it!)<\/p>\n
Click!
\n(Ship!)
\nPack!
\n(Flip!)<\/p>\n
Use it once
\nThen then throw it way<\/p>\n
Spending the savings
\nFor a rainy day<\/p>\n
Multiply the demand
\nMultiply the flow
\nMultiply the energy
\nWhere does all that go?<\/p>\n
Stop!<\/p>\n
Recalculate!
\n(Recalibrate)
\nWhat if your dollar
\n(Could vote n’ holler?)<\/p>\n
What if your choice
\nCould change the boat?<\/p>\n
Less demand
\n(Less extraction)
\nLess demand
\n(Less pollution)<\/p>\n
Change the function
\nChange the game
\nYou don’t have to
\nStay the same<\/p>\n
[Breakdown]
\n[Music Drops to Bass, Rhodes, Sparse Percussion]
\nThe consumption…<\/p>\n
Function…<\/p>\n
Input.<\/p>\n
Output.<\/p>\n
Demand.<\/p>\n
Supply.<\/p>\n
[Whispered]
\nChange the input…<\/p>\n
Change the outcome.<\/p>\n
[Final Refrain]
\nThe consumption
\n(Function)
\nFunks us up<\/p>\n
The consumption
\n(Function)
\nMultiplies…
\n(The do or dies)<\/p>\n
[Outro]
\n[Instrumental Outro: Funk Bass, Clavinet, Clean Guitar, Rhodes, Synth Pulse, Drums; Gradually Breaking Into Acoustic Guitar]
\nConsumption…<\/p>\n
Function…<\/p>\n
Multiply…<\/p>\n
Or simplify.<\/p>\n
[Spoken, fading]
\nChange the function.<\/p>\n
Change the damned demand.<\/p>\n
Supply a new knew high.<\/p>\n