[Verse 1]
Congo's counting casualties, six hundred deep
Ebola spreads where poverty and politics meet
Funding cuts from overseas left the system weak
Now deportation flights are grounded, can't retreat
The story buried underneath the trending feed
While cameras chase the loudest voice instead of need
[Chorus]
Lost stories, forgotten wars
Behind the noise are open sores
Lebanon bleeds, Congo weeps
While attention deficit sleeps
The competition never ends
For eyeballs that the media bends
[Verse 2]
Lebanon's economy shrinking seven percent
War's calculator tallying what can't be spent
Syrian children caught between the rockets sent
Paramedics racing toward their final tent
Finance ministers counting costs in blood and gold
But audiences prefer the stories pre-sold
[Chorus]
Lost stories, forgotten wars
Behind the noise are open sores
Lebanon bleeds, Congo weeps
While attention deficit sleeps
The competition never ends
For eyeballs that the media bends
[Bridge]
Four hundred activists seized from Gaza's shore
Flotilla hijacked in international law's war
Custody tales of abuse they can't ignore
Deported from the headlines, nothing more
Every crisis competes for mental space
But algorithms choose which pain gets face
[Verse 3]
Module zero teaches why these stories fade
When attention spans are currency that's played
The loudest drama wins the media parade
While quiet suffering gets slowly betrayed
Congo's outbreak, Lebanon's economic strain
Activist abuse dissolves like acid rain
[Verse 4]
Breaking news alerts flash red across the screen
But Yemen's hunger doesn't sell the corporate dream
Another humanitarian crisis goes unseen
While manufactured outrage steals the scene
The editor decides what makes the evening show
While real emergencies have nowhere to go
[Chorus]
Lost stories, forgotten wars
Behind the noise are open sores
Lebanon bleeds, Congo weeps
While attention deficit sleeps
The competition never ends
For eyeballs that the media bends
[Outro]
Reading rooms where stories fight to breathe
Underneath the trending digital wreath
Some truths survive and some get lost beneath
The endless scroll of manufactured grief
[Final Chorus]
Lost stories, forgotten wars
Behind the noise are open sores
Lebanon bleeds, Congo weeps
While attention deficit sleeps
The competition never ends
For eyeballs that the media bends