Desync
from Desync (Deluxe Edition) by James Paddock
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"Desync"
The title track of this album is chaotic and bombastic, a track that makes its presence immediately known and commands attention to the issues it highlights; it's told from the perspective of someone who feels hopelessly behind the curve of technology, and unable therefore to connect with anyone with the mental fortitude to be fully tuned into it.
Technology allows us to be attuned to humanity's greatest strides of progress, but also to the traumas and disasters brought on by humans at their worst. We make light of the most shocking things we see, in order to better cope with them. A saturation of these coping mechanisms is plainly visible through social media - the way people comment on world events and disasters with a sarcastic or comedic tone is illustrative of a populace who on the surface might be laughing or joking, but who are quite possibly struggling to even comprehend the severity of what they're commenting on, or the possible consequences of doing so. We are simply not equipped to be connected to billions of people at all times.
We find solace in distraction and absurdity because the constant feed of algorithmically-delivered media we consume could at any moment choose to show us unspeakable atrocities. In this way, we're more distant from each other than ever before. Sympathy for our fellow humans is finite - and we especially cannot coexist in perfect global synchronicity in this way, if we wish to make our lives - as well as each other's - meaningful.
Almost every single one of us at this point is tuned in to an algorithm of sorts - which purports to know us extremely well, and indeed, does so via the method of endless interconnected devices and tracking software - but in reality can only guess as to what we truly wish for to make us happy, or at the very least, content. Our phones, tablets, and desktop devices all provide us with the same service that ultimately amounts to guesswork, and the one thing we tend to fixate on? Upgrading to the next model after ours becomes obsolete - perhaps so we can be fed this algorithmic guesswork more efficiently.
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The title track of this album is chaotic and bombastic, a track that makes its presence immediately known and commands attention to the issues it highlights; it's told from the perspective of someone who feels hopelessly behind the curve of technology, and unable therefore to connect with anyone with the mental fortitude to be fully tuned into it.
Technology allows us to be attuned to humanity's greatest strides of progress, but also to the traumas and disasters brought on by humans at their worst. We make light of the most shocking things we see, in order to better cope with them. A saturation of these coping mechanisms is plainly visible through social media - the way people comment on world events and disasters with a sarcastic or comedic tone is illustrative of a populace who on the surface might be laughing or joking, but who are quite possibly struggling to even comprehend the severity of what they're commenting on, or the possible consequences of doing so. We are simply not equipped to be connected to billions of people at all times.
We find solace in distraction and absurdity because the constant feed of algorithmically-delivered media we consume could at any moment choose to show us unspeakable atrocities. In this way, we're more distant from each other than ever before. Sympathy for our fellow humans is finite - and we especially cannot coexist in perfect global synchronicity in this way, if we wish to make our lives - as well as each other's - meaningful.
Almost every single one of us at this point is tuned in to an algorithm of sorts - which purports to know us extremely well, and indeed, does so via the method of endless interconnected devices and tracking software - but in reality can only guess as to what we truly wish for to make us happy, or at the very least, content. Our phones, tablets, and desktop devices all provide us with the same service that ultimately amounts to guesswork, and the one thing we tend to fixate on? Upgrading to the next model after ours becomes obsolete - perhaps so we can be fed this algorithmic guesswork more efficiently.
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lyrics
Struggling to stand the speed
I'm digging in with both my heels
The global pace a constant race
While I'm stuck here with fire and wheels
Am I getting through to anyone?
The lights are on, but is anybody home?
Am I getting through to anyone?
Not trying to tell you what to think
But the ship’s about to sink
In this digital millennium
We’re teetering upon the brink
Yeah, we have to desync
Chained on to technology
Watched by telephonic eyes
Changing things astronomically
Engrossed and obsessed with the short-term prize
All our thrills on an instant wire
Spoon-fed to empty aircraft hangar minds
If your phone doesn't put out a housefire
You’re a generation behind
Awaiting exhuming
From this custom-built grave
Am I still human?
Or am I only assuming?
Welcome to reality
Point and click your destiny
Giants of the industry
Made us all too blind to see
Endless loops we’re reeling through
Adrenaline-shot media
Life gets so much easier
When we’re all distracted
Offset all the tedium
Feed until you’re feeling numb
Everyone's a comedian
But who's laughing now?
Am I getting through to anyone?
The lights will blind, but is anybody home?
Am I getting through to anyone?
Not trying to tell you what to think
But this shit’s about to sink
In this digital millennium
We’re teetering upon the brink
Yeah, we have to desync
I'm digging in with both my heels
The global pace a constant race
While I'm stuck here with fire and wheels
Am I getting through to anyone?
The lights are on, but is anybody home?
Am I getting through to anyone?
Not trying to tell you what to think
But the ship’s about to sink
In this digital millennium
We’re teetering upon the brink
Yeah, we have to desync
Chained on to technology
Watched by telephonic eyes
Changing things astronomically
Engrossed and obsessed with the short-term prize
All our thrills on an instant wire
Spoon-fed to empty aircraft hangar minds
If your phone doesn't put out a housefire
You’re a generation behind
Awaiting exhuming
From this custom-built grave
Am I still human?
Or am I only assuming?
Welcome to reality
Point and click your destiny
Giants of the industry
Made us all too blind to see
Endless loops we’re reeling through
Adrenaline-shot media
Life gets so much easier
When we’re all distracted
Offset all the tedium
Feed until you’re feeling numb
Everyone's a comedian
But who's laughing now?
Am I getting through to anyone?
The lights will blind, but is anybody home?
Am I getting through to anyone?
Not trying to tell you what to think
But this shit’s about to sink
In this digital millennium
We’re teetering upon the brink
Yeah, we have to desync
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from Desync (Deluxe Edition),
released September 9, 2022
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James Paddock England, UK
Composer, singer, artist, and video game developer.
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