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Subliminal

from Out There by Chris Harris

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Inspired in part by Leonard Mlodinow's "Subliminal" and "Nudge" by Richard Thaler, as well as various discussions in neuroscience forums about whether or not free will exists. I'm sorry if this is the first you're hearing about it, but it's looking increasingly likely that it does not.

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So much information
life comes at you fast
in every situation
much of it slips past
Though they seldom show it
marketing don't miss a trick
Even when you haven't noticed
lots of their ideas get in and stick

This is your so-called 'future', and welcome to hell
Where you're manipulated every day and you're unable to tell

The Overton window is not where it was
Our motives are open to debate
We keep buying things that we don't need because
We're living in a deeply subliminal state

They don't care they're resented
Ignore your shopping list
The products they've presented
you're powerless to resist
Adverts made for twisting
decisions that you take
And though you try resisting
you can bet they'll find a way to break

How hard they work is scary
to get inside your brain
It's no use being wary
and pointless to complain
When personal volition
is as dead as dinosaurs
You can't trust your cognition
because your mind's no longer yours

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from Out There, released August 4, 2022

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Chris Harris Bristol, UK

I'm still trying to get the music I record to sound like the version I can hear in my head. To do this I've ended up playing every instrument I can get my hands on. These days, I'm closer to "That Sound" than I used to be, but the journey continues.

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