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The Formula

from Packing Heat by Gary Schutt

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This is about the formulation and predictable nature of pop music. Notice the whole song is odd time signatures, so itself isn't about itself.

lyrics

Simplify for simple minds 
Less is more in these times 
Music for free is a crime 
Open your mind 
You’re confined 

An earworm and a noose 
Set it forth and break loose 
Much room to improve 
Keeping me hooked on the groove 

Stick to the formula 
It never fails
The formula 
Stick to the formula 
Your ordinary lives have become king 

The words that you speak are hollow 
No one can do it solo 
Ya just gotta go with the flow 
But everyone pays for the show 

The camera cries in your face 
Everything you do a disgrace 
Conquer the world in cyber space 
Embarrassing the whole human race 

Stick to the formula 
It never fails
The formula 
Stick to the formula 
Your ordinary lives have become king 

Make a scene for a minute 
A million views and you're in it 
Tomorrow comes with someone new 
A million more to forget you 

You’re a star better believe it 
A strangers eyes to critique yeah 
When haters troll your ego knows 
The black empty pit of your soul 

Stick to the formula 
It never fails
The formula 
Stick to the formula 
Your ordinary lives have become king 

Dictate the formula 
It always wins
The formula 
Stand by the formula 
Your mediocre lives on the small screen

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from Packing Heat, released May 4, 2021
everything by Gary Schutt

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