[intro] [piano]
[Refrain] [powerful individual female vocals]

Living in a headline world, our stories go untold,

Literature fades away, replaced by clicks and gold.

[Verse 1] [male vocals] [rap]

Once we wrote long memos, thoughtful, clear, and deep,

Now it’s bite-sized chatter we’re all forced to keep.

A thousand words of meaning lost to just one tweet,

Truth cut down to headlines, content incomplete.

[Refrain] [powerful individual female vocals]

Living in a headline world, our stories go untold,

Literature fades away, replaced by clicks and gold.

[Verse 2] [male vocals] [rap]

Attention spans shrinking, like sand through the glass,

No patience for nuance, they just scroll right past.

Big choices get made with the facts left behind,

It’s speed over wisdom in this fast-forward mind.

[Chorus] [powerful individual female vocals]

It’s the age of the scroll, and the age of the swipe,

Where the loudest wins, not the one who’s right.

Every truth’s compressed, every thought’s been hurled,

That’s the way we live in a headline world.

[Verse 3] [male vocals] [rap]

Once we read great novels, soaked in every line,

Poetry and letters with a rhythm so fine.

Now English lit is fading in the classroom light,

Replaced with soundbites that vanish overnight.

[Refrain] [powerful individual female vocals]

Living in a headline world, our stories go untold,

Literature fades away, replaced by clicks and gold.

[instrumental] [rap dirty south]

[Refrain] [powerful individual female vocals]

Living in a headline world, our stories go untold,

Literature fades away, replaced by clicks and gold.

[Verse 4] [male vocals] [rap]

We’re drowning in feeds from the world on our screens,

Magazines, newspapers, online magazines.

From TikTok to Facebook, the platforms compete,

For the shortest post that can still feel complete.

[Chorus] [powerful individual female vocals]

It’s the age of the scroll, and the age of the swipe,

Where the loudest wins, not the one who’s right.

Every truth’s compressed, every thought’s been hurled,

That’s the way we live in a headline world.

[Verse 5] [male vocals] [rap]

If a text is too long, folks just turn away,

“I didn’t have time” is the thing they all say.

We skim and we swipe, but we rarely engage,

The book of our lives stuck on one single page.

[Chorus] [powerful individual female vocals]

It’s the age of the scroll, and the age of the swipe,

Where the loudest wins, not the one who’s right.

Every truth’s compressed, every thought’s been hurled,

That’s the way we live in a headline world.

[Refrain] [powerful individual female vocals]

Living in a headline world, our stories go untold,

Literature fades away, replaced by clicks and gold.

[Final Chorus] [powerful individual female vocals] [intensive climax]

It’s the age of the scroll, and the age of the swipe,

Where the loudest wins, not the one who’s right.

Every truth’s compressed, every thought’s been hurled,

That’s the way we live in a headline world.

Copyright August 16, 2025, by Craig Whitley – All Rights Reserved