“TSLAMP” is an ode to how cellphones have detrimentally affected the way the human race interacts with each other. An average person spends five hours staring at their phone screen per day, and scientists have shown that many people suffer from phone addiction and develop anxiety if they don’t check...
[Intro]
On my phone
[Verse 1]
Time spent sitting all alone, time spent looking at my phone
Time spent sitting all alone, time spent looking at my phone
I try to pull the curtains back, turn you off but can't detach
When all I want and all I know is time spent looking at my phone
(On my phone)
[Verse 2]
Find me when the lights go down, signing in and signing out
Gods descend to take me home and find me staring at my phone
I'm wondering where the hours went as I'm losing consciousness
My sullen face is all aglow, time spent looking at my phone
[Chorus 1]
Last thing that you need is the new shiny feature
All the memories you've shared, devoured by perverted creatures
Nothing can compete with the first time you saw her
Passing strangers on the street, spending every moment looking at their phones
(On my phone)
[Verse 3]
Time spent sitting all alone, time spent looking at my phone
Time spent sitting all alone, time spent looking at my phone
I call you, you don't call me back, almost had a heart attack
I'm listening to the window moan, time spent looking at my phone
[Chorus 2]
Clouds are getting full, so you close all the windows
I would never let you die, even if our love is ornamental
You know what you need is a way to remember
You can never find the time if you spend everyday looking at your phone
[Instrumental Bridge]
[Chorus 3]
You should come with me, we can lose ourselves in nothing
Copy faces from the feed and then try to turn them into something
Even if you choose to believe that it's ending
You'll come back to me again, you can go ahead and stop pretending
[Outro]
Doo doo doo doo doo…
TSLAMP was written by Andrew VanWyngarden & Ben Goldwasser & James Richardson.
TSLAMP was produced by MGMT & Patrick Wimberly & Dave Fridmann.
One song, TSLAMP, is a witty lament against “Time Spent Looking At My Phone”. VanWyngarden explains: “I’ve gotten so attached to my phone that it makes me really disappointed in myself. So it’s good to [not look at it].”
Has he tried un-attaching himself? “I recently purchased a little coffin that f...