The Dopamine Auction

[Intro: Broken beats, pitched voices]
Want it, want it, want it
Already imagining it

[Verse 1]
I can calculate the outcome
I can see the future cost
I can make a flawless argument
For why this should be stopped

Then a tiny little feeling
Starts conducting my attention
And the logic I assembled
Loses every intervention

[Pre-Chorus: Acceleration]
Anticipation!
Instant celebration!
Temporary elevation!

[Chorus: Infectious syncopated hook]
Going once, going twice
Selling reason for delight
I know better, I know better
But the wanting feels so right
What a marvelous sensation
What a miserable design
I keep purchasing a feeling
That expires every time

[Verse 2]
It's not even what I'm getting
It's the possibility
For a second I can purchase
An imaginary version of me

[Bridge: Glitch percussion collapses]
(You deserve it)
(You can stop it)
(Just this once)
You said that yesterday

[Final Chorus: Furious bass counterpoint]
Going once, going twice
Every thrill has got a price
I know better, I know better
Still the wanting feels alive

[Outro: Toy piano]
Sold
Again