New Release: 'Sad, Dumb, Lonely'
- Mar 5, 2025
- 2 min read
Updated: Jan 23
New Release: 'Sad, Dumb, Lonely' is out now.
This song came from scrolling too long and feeling sick about what I was seeing. Endless feeds full of perfect lives that are clearly staged. People posting highlight reels while judging anyone who dares show a real moment. Trolls hiding behind keyboards, lashing out at strangers just because they can. No consequences. No empathy. Just venom for sport.
It is the same energy everywhere. People defending obviously corrupt figures because their friends do. Or their feed does. Or their group chat does. They will twist themselves into knots to justify the unjustifiable rather than admit someone they align with is wrong. The moral compass is not broken . . it is being ignored on purpose. And the loneliest part is watching it all happen while pretending it is not happening. Smiling through the screen while the inside feels hollow.
The Weight of the Facade
The facade is heavy. It demands constant performance. You have to look happy. Look successful. Look unbothered. Look like you have it all figured out. One crack and the comments come. One honest post and the pile-on starts. One real feeling and the safety of anonymity turns into a weapon. Everyone is lonely behind the filter. Everyone is dumb enough to keep scrolling. Everyone is sad underneath the likes. But nobody wants to say it first.
The "Still Here" Perspective
I have learned I can only control whether I keep feeding the machine. I cannot make people kinder. I cannot make empathy fashionable again. I definitely cannot make the trolls disappear. But I can stop scrolling when it hurts. I can stop pretending the perfect feeds are real. I can stop engaging with the venom. I can choose to express what is actually inside me instead of curating a version that survives the comments. I can choose to be sad, dumb, lonely, and still human in a place that punishes humanity.
If you have ever scrolled and felt sick about how little empathy is left . . if you have ever seen someone genuinely express themselves and get torn apart for it . . if you have ever felt sad, dumb, lonely in a world that pretends it is none of those things . . this song is for you.
Give it a listen wherever you stream music.