Nothing Seems Suspicious Anymore - Blackglass

Everybody measures language now Before the sentence leaves their mouth Every room feels monitored Even when no cameras are around People laugh a little softer Eyes drift toward the glowing screen Every silence filled immediately Before reflection can intervene And no one says What they actually mean anymore Nothing sounds suspicious anymore Everything dangerous was normalized first Drip Drip Drip Every edge rounded smooth Every instinct slowly rehearsed Nothing sounds suspicious anymore That’s how the system learned to work People narrate their own lives now For systems they will never meet Trading fragments of identity For relevance and dopamine Every thought becomes performance Every moment partially staged We became our own informants And called it engagement I don’t think they needed control Only participation Nothing sounds suspicious anymore The language changed before we knew Drip Drip Drip No books burned No sirens screaming Just slow adjustments to the truth Nothing sounds suspicious anymore And maybe that’s the frightening part