Allatonceness

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Allatonceness by Arab Strap

About Allatonceness

Aidan Moffat Lyrically it’s about being addicted to the endless stream of online lunacy and bullshit – constant bad news, disinformation and conspiracy theories, abuse and threats etc. – when I know I should be out engaging with the world in a more physical, meaningful way. But I can’t stop scrolling, because I’ve been conditioned to constantly seek and consume information, which perpetuates the tide of misery and makes me part of the .

Allatonceness Lyrics

[00:29.09] They've got your attention
[00:31.59] The fat and the furious, and your atrophied legs can't run
[00:38.91] They've got your attention
[00:41.34] The juvenile jilted, derailing all discourse for fun
[00:49.07] They've got your attention
[00:51.17] The slapstick insurgents with giggles and shits and grenades
[00:58.70] They've got your attention
[01:00.92] Deluders and doxxers, self-righteous self-styled renegades
[01:08.68] They've got your attention
[01:10.88] The groomers and grifters, and they've all done their own research
[01:18.47] They've got your attention
[01:20.74] Antagonized fanboys, while Nazis and rapists sell merch
[01:28.53] All this skilful stimuli
[01:33.34] Oppression and opprobrium
[01:38.28] You'd think I'd riot? You'd think I'd cry?
[01:43.16] Instead I sit here fucking numb
[01:48.09] The village hall's on fire all day
[01:53.08] And nobody knows anyone
[01:57.64] I play to win, I came to slay
[02:02.87] So come ahead then, one on one
[02:07.11] I want to suck on a stone, taste the salt from the sea
[02:12.68] Rest my head in the arms of a tree
[02:17.29] I want to swim in a brook, push my toes in the mud
[02:22.41] And forage from berries and buds
[02:26.98] I want to graze on some goosegrass
[02:30.30] Chew on chickweed, lie down in the Norfolk Reed
[02:36.95] I want to strip by a stream, feel my balls on the breeze
[02:41.94] Slide my hand in your jeans and squeeze
[02:47.65] Catch me, kill me
[02:50.37] Hunt me, buy me
[02:52.37] The first month is free
[02:54.84] So why don't you join me?
[02:56.98] But they've got my attention at the paperless pulpit
[03:02.38] And I hungrily swallow their bait
[03:07.18] They've got my attention with tridents and truth bombs
[03:12.14] And sidebars and shock drops and hate
[03:17.64]
[03:56.03] They've got your attention
[04:00.58] And they're not giving it back
[04:05.67] They've got our attention
[04:11.03] And they really, really hate Disney
[04:15.57] They've got my attention
[04:24.02] And I think I love it
[04:25.86]

From the album: I'm totally fine with it don't give a fuck anymore