Hysteria is an alt pop ballad made out of frustration with mainstream news media and the people who follow it without question.
The chords are unusual, inspired by a dream about a circus, but work together to create an eerie feeling of something not quite right.
Lyrics and Melody by Abby London
Audio engineering and Mixing by Jakael Tristam
Produced by Abby London and Jakael Tristam
Mastered by Rachel Field
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Hysteria was inspired by the predictability of the media. We turn on our TVs to watch the same helpless fear, the same finger pointing, and the same suggested solutions as if we are watching reruns. These talking points could be applied to any tragic event. We watch as everyone has their part to play: the news anchors, the talk show hosts, the writers, and then, us, the viewers repeating these sound bites back and forth to one another without question, stirring up mass hysteria. Occasionally a new perspective finds its way into the narrative —an unexpected meme, a realistic solution, or missing facts. These things come and go and that’s all there is to them until the next orchestrated catastrophe and there is always another catastrophe.
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Are you caught up in hysteria
Repeating the news
Are you caught up in hysteria
Do you know what is true
Are you caught up in hysteria
Repeating the news
Are you caught up in hysteria
Who’s controlling you
How about being a new kind of person
Beyond believing to know what’s best
More than reacting to the outcome
Preferring to be stabbed than shot to death
Are you caught up in hysteria
Repeating the news
Are you caught up in hysteria
Are you thinking things though
Are you caught up in hysteria
Do you love yourself
Are you caught up in hysteria
Do you know yourself
Have you considered pulling back the curtain
Identify the mastermind to blame
Wouldn’t you rather really know for certain
Before throwing all your rights away
Yeah you are wishing for the end of the world
Wishing for the end of the world
So you can make a bunch of money
So you can make a quick buck
You never feared your ruler
You don’t see why they would screw you
Like all you are is money
All you had was dumb luck
Are you caught up in hysteria
Repeating the news
Are you caught up in hysteria
Do you know what is true
Repeating the news
Repeating the news
Repeating the news
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