We all know this feeling: the urge to keep checking social media for likes, even though we know it’s pointless. This Halloween song is for that part of us that just has to hit refresh.
It’s a back-and-forth with the “validation vampire” who’s probably been running your notifications (and your mood) all week.
Want to try starving the validation vampire together for a day or two? I’ll go first… right after I check just one more time. 🫠
🧛🏻 Validation Vampire
I posted something good today
But did they like it? What do they say?
Well, it’s only been an hour or two...
Check again! That’s what I’d do!
Okay fine, I’ll take a peek
Three whole likes! Your profile’s weak!
Three likes is good! My mom, my friend...
But Sarah got fifty! This is the end!
I don’t need likes to know I’m smart
Then why’s your phone pressed to your heart?
I’m just... checking one more time
Perfect! Your soul is mine, mine, mine!
Chorus:
Refresh, refresh, refresh the page
Welcome to the validation cage
One more like might set me free
But it never does, you see
Wait, I see what’s happening here
Shh! Don’t think, just feel the fear!
You feed on my need to belong
And I’ve been hungry for so long!
What if I just... put it down?
But what if your post gets renowned?
What if I don’t need to know?
Then... then... I’d have to go...
Final Chorus:
Close the app, step away
I have worth beyond the fray
Likes are nice but I am free
From the vampire’s hungry spree
