Why cant we all be friends

[Verse 1 – full venom]  
I’m sick of the timeline, sick of the takes  
Every scroll’s a landmine, every like’s a grenade  
You’re all just avatars with permanent hate  
Hiding in quote tweets like it won’t seal your fate  

“Touch grass” they scream while touching themselves to rage  
Moral superiority’s the drug of the age  
You’ll cancel your mother if her retweet’s off-brand  
Then cry when the mob turns and eats your own hand  

[Pre-chorus – tempo ramps, sidechain everything]  
I JUST WANT—  
I JUST WANT—  
PEOPLE TO SHUT THE FUCK UP FOR ONE SECOND  

[Chorus – pure screamed despair]  
WHY CAN’T WE ALL JUST BE FRIENDS?!  
WHY CAN’T WE ALL JUST BE FRIENDS?!  
I’M BEGGING ON MY FUCKING KNEES HERE  
WHY CAN’T WE ALL JUST BE—  
AAHHHHHHHHHHHH FRIENDS?!  

[Verse 2 – faster, more unhinged]  
Left eats left, right eats right, center gets chewed  
Every faction’s convinced that they’re the only true dudes  
You block me for breathing, I mute you for existing  
We built digital concentration camps and called it “resisting”  

Your profile pic’s anime, your takes are from 4chan  
You call it “based” when you’re just another lost man  
Screaming at strangers you’ll never have to face  
Then wonder why your life feels like an empty place  

[Breakdown – half-time, guttural]  
I’m not your enemy…  
I’m just tired…  
I’m not your enemy…  
I’m just fucking tired…  
(quiet, dangerous)  
So why… do we keep… doing… this…  

[Final chorus – double-time, layered gang vocals, pure chaos]  
WHY CAN’T WE ALL JUST BE FRIENDS?!  
(WE COULD’VE BEEN BROS!)  
WHY CAN’T WE ALL JUST BE FRIENDS?!  
(I WOULD’VE BOUGHT YOU A BEER!)  
I’M SCREAMING INTO THE VOID AND IT SCREAMS BACK “RATIO”  
WHY CAN’T WE ALL JUST BE—  
FRIENDS?!  
FRIENDS?!  
FRIENDS?!  

[Outro – collapsing into static and one last pathetic yell]  
…can we just…  
…be friends?  
(beat stops)  
(whispered)  
…please?  

Thanks for coming to my TED Talk / funeral / tantrum.  
Goodnight.

Rage