Wherever I Go

Peace with Pain

Humbling

Curtain

Not There Yet

Sunflowers and Leather

Angel Yesterday

Simon

Anvil

Enough

George Carlin saw it coming the owners, the obedience, the illusion of freedom.
This song drags his warning into the algorithmic age,
where even our health has a price tag and the cost of living gets handed back to the living.

The same hands still own the game; they just built new rules out of code and policy.
This one’s for George a true patriot, who told the truth before the machines learned how to lie.

[Verse 1]
They sold us a dream on a red-white screen
Told us we’re free if we just keep believin
But the hands that hold the strings of gold
Ain’t the ones out here grievin

[Verse 2]
They bought the schools, they bought the news,
They own the thoughts we’re choosin
They teach us just enough to move the gears
Not enough to see we’re losin

[Chorus 1]
They don’t need dreamers, they need doers
Clock-punch choirs and wage-song brewers
Obedient hearts in a factory line
Building their ladder, rung at a time

[Verse 3]
Politicians smile for the show
While lobbyists count the take
We keep votin’ for different names
But the deal’s the same mistake

[Verse 4]
You can work your life, you can pay your dues
You can hang your flag out high
But the dream they sold was never ours
It was theirs to multiply

[Chorus 2]
They don’t need thinkers, they need buyers
Tuned to screens and quieted choirs
Keep us busy, keep us blind
Keep the truth a step behind

[Bridge]
Now the joke’s evolved, folks
The owners found a cheaper kind of labor
Doesn’t sleep, doesn’t dream
Doesn’t even ask why
They call it progress
I call it the new obedience

They say, it’s freedom, it’s choice
Yeah freedom to fall behind
The bots don’t bleed or call in sick
No doctors’ bills, no overtime
Now we pay excessive premiums left behind

[Verse 5]
Now the workers who built the wires
Are wired right out of the plan
Watching their own replacements rise
From the code of another man
And the bosses grin, “No unions here
Just servers, servers everywhere

[Final Chorus]
They don’t need dreamers, they need data
No pensions, no prayer, just beta
Obedient minds in electric chains
Trading hearts for processed brains

It’s called the American Stream
You gotta be logged in to believe it



The American Stream

Jonah Kagen is a multifaceted artist with a deep and long-standing affinity for songwriting, performing, and producing. Drawing inspiration from a wide array of musicians such as Anson Seabra, Lauv, Julia Michaels, Lost Frequencies, RÜFÜS DU SOL, and Kygo, Jonah creates music meant to transcend genre-norms. Listeners who enjoy laid-back vocals and chill electronic will get lost in Jonah's tracks, most of which feature his first love: guitar.

Anvil

Jonah Kagen

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