UR GHOST GIVES ME GOOSEBUMPS

Lyrics

This that cyber punk

Teen angst combust into fire, yuh

Raising our fists to the higher ups

Digital energy, wired up

Pink black and purple attire huh

The world is ours so let’s light it up

Digital love got us flying, yuh

Internet connects our lives, oh yeah

But rebellion lies in our spines til death

 

We’re living life in a new world

Were learning to love a new age

We got the same hearts in our chest

Beating half to death

Not too much has changed

 

Rock out on the laptop

Dance in the dark and we can’t stop

Punk attitude we gon make your head bob

Bedroom hits with the mic on the desktop

 

Making colorful songs like fruity loops

They keep saying what did they do to you

Used to play songs on the guitar

Now I hang out on FL studio

 

808’s blast to the moon

We turning it up and we making new tunes

We going up till we on the news

We got some dreams that we gonna make true

 

This that cyber punk

Teen angst combust into fire, yuh

Raising our fists to the higher ups

Digital energy, wired up

Pink black and purple attire huh

The world is ours so let’s light it up

Digital love got us flying, yuh

Internet connects our lives, oh yeah

But rebellion lies in our spines til death

 

Push the limits with the music we make

It getting too famous like so many plays

Blaring through the speakers, yeah so much bass

Filling every room with so much teen angst

Music too lit, yeah it gotta be laced

It’s never too late you can have a taste

You know mom and dad gon call it a waste

But we just being us, don’t got time to be fake

 

We radio active half life

The good guys are dressed like bad guys

Plutonium in the sound bites

Went platinum cause we sound nice

Making hits but we just having fun

No need for professionals we get it done

Make music out of true love

It is what it is and it was what it was

 

This that cyber punk

Teen angst combust into fire, yuh

Raising our fists to the higher ups

Digital energy, wired up

Pink black and purple attire huh

The world is ours so let’s light it up

Digital love got us flying, yuh

Internet connects our lives, oh yeah

Cyber punk

Story

This song is about the hyperpop/unerground genre, and how it captures the same attitude as the punk rock genre of the last generation. Our generation carries the same rebellious and excited attitude about the world as many generations before us have, and even though the world around us has changed, our hearts haven't changed much. One of the main changes we have in today's world is the internet, and although it has certianly changed the world, the desire to create has not stopped. One could even argue that it has grown exponentially.

Next I talk about making hits on the laptop. Most of the artists in this genre make music in a small, homemade, bedroom "recording studio." Most of the hits in this genre have come out of a bedroom.

"Making colorful songs like Fruity Loops" has a double meaning. Of course, I am referencing the multi-colored sugary cereal, but I am also referencing Fruity Loops Studio (or FL Studio), which is the program that most artists use in this genre to make music. I use this program as well, and as a pretty goood guitar player, a lot of people wonder why I "waste" time on the computer. They just don't get the vision!

Loud, blown out 808 basses are one of the staple sounds that makes this genre what it is. Slap on a soft clipper and let that thing ruin your mix!

We're all also very optimistic about the music we make, and we won't stop until it succeeds or kills us! This kind of music is also very experimental, so it is suprising that it has blown up in recent years! Following the same pattern as punk did in the 90's and 2000's, parents think it is annoying and teenagers adore it.

In the last verse, I use the pun "radio active, half life." This is in reference to the fact that our music is getting on the radio, but also talking about radioactive isotopes. What can I say, I like science! "The good guys are dressed like the bad guys" is a shoutout to the gothic clothing that has become popular in the genre, once again modeling punk rock. Ultimately, we're just expressing ourselves and making music because we love it!