Blackout Psychology
[Verse 1]
First they dimmed the lights to warn
Then they blamed the coming storm
Said, “Too much strain, you must comply
Let’s scale it back, or we all die”
The news flashed red, the shelves went bare
The grid was “fragile,” so beware
“Use less, pay more, shut off the breeze
And thank the state when you freeze”
[Pre-Chorus]
Fear sells better than control
So they flicker it into your soul
[Chorus]
It’s blackout psychology
Dim the world, then charge the fee
Break the bulb, then sell the night
Fear the dark, and lease the light
Every flicker, every fault
Is engineered to halt your thought
[Verse 2]
They teach you not to build or mend
To fear the tools that might transcend
Said, “Self-reliance risks the grid”
While quietly doing what you did
They’ll show you cities turned to ash
Then say, “You want that solar trash?”
But it’s not light that makes them shake
It’s the chance you won’t obey their take
[Pre-Chorus 2 - Slight tempo shift]
They dial the panic, raise the tide
Then sell escape they’ve always denied
[Chorus - Repeat with distortion]
It’s blackout psychology
Scare you blind, then bill your plea
Call it chaos, sell you calm
But truth don’t need a circuit’s balm
It burns inside, beneath the grid
In every dream they tried to rid
[Bridge - Spoken glitch-filtered voice]
"Emergency protocol...
Rolling fear initiated...
Compliance rate: rising."
[Outro - Silence interrupted by a child’s voice, clear and bright]
“But the sun’s still shining…
Why did you turn it off?”