Media Machine
A sharp look at the 24-hour news cycle and its grip on our attention. Media Machine asks why we feed on fear when we could choose to focus on the light.
Written and performed by The Embassy Project. From the album Sealed (2016).
Lyrics
Addicted to the news, laced with tragedy
Like heavily produced reality TV
It steals a piece of millions all around the globe
The population stormed with emotion overload
The media machine feeds on all our fears
The door is left wide open for disaster profiteers
We're going through some changes to let this lifestyle go
'Cause knowing doesn't mean that we are somehow in control
We don't need to live in fear
We don't need to hear
The world is crashing round our ears each night
Why do we look towards the shadows
When we can focus on the light