Problematic Lyrics - Motihari Brigade

Music: Eric Winston
Motihari Brigade Music (ASCAP) © 2026

(Instrumental)

2. Problematic (5:53)

Words & Music: Eric Winston
Motihari Brigade Music (ASCAP) © 2026

I’m problematic baby
Don’t fit inside the box
I’m problematic baby
An enigmatic paradox
Charming bold and witty
But disapproved by the committee

I’m problematic baby
Don’t think in the right way
I’m problematic baby
Disinclined to just obey
March to the beat of my own drum
In the simulacrum

In a shadow band
unofficial broadcaster
Playing my own tune
On a stratocaster
A socratic exploration
Just attempting conversation
A doctrinal schism
To the shibboleth-ism

I’m problematic baby
Problematic, yeah
Problematic baby
Problematic, yeah

I’m problematic baby
Somehow unable to conform
I’m problematic baby
Deviating from the norm
So obviously wrong
But turns out right all along

Disapproved by the anointed
Disappointing the appointed
Disregarding the announcement
Mispronouncing the pronouncement
On the list of big brother
For one thing after another
With an incorrect position
In a rebranded inquisition

I’m problematic baby
Problematic, yeah
Problematic baby
Problematic, yeah

I don’t know but I’ve been told
I been told but I don’t know
I don’t know but I’ve been told
I been told but I don’t know
I don’t know but I’ve been told
I been told but I don’t know
I don’t know but I’ve been told
I been told but I don’t care

I’m problematic baby
On the wrong side of the fence
I’m problematic baby
Overtaken by events
Beneath a cloud of suspicion
In a war of attrition

In a pivotal moment
Where nothing really changes
In a reorganization
where nothing re-arranges
Immune to the hypnosis
of the current mass psychosis
Where words have changed meanings
Sides have switched leanings

I’m problematic baby
Problematic, yeah
Problematic baby
Problematic, yeah
I’m problematic baby
Problematic, yeah
Problematic baby
Problematic, yeah
Problematic
Problematic, yeah

3. Chatbot Don't Like It (5:00)

Words & Music: Eric Winston
Motihari Brigade Music (ASCAP) © 2026

Chat bot don’t like it
Chat bot don’t care
Chat bot don’t like it
On the chat bot questionnaire
It’s not one of the selections
Chat bot’s got objections

Chat bot don’t like it
Chat bot don’t care
Chat bot don’t like it
On the chat bot questionnaire
Violates the terms of service
Makes the algorithm nervous

I’m your virtual assistant.
Tell me what you require.
Tell me all that you desire
Tell me what will light your fire
Please stay on the line
Please stay on the line
Please choose among the following options
Please choose among the following options
Press one to fuck off.
Press two to drop dead.
That is not an option
That is not an option
Please choose among the available options
Please choose among the available options
To repeat this list
Please stay on the line
Press one to fuck off
Press two to drop dead
That is not an option
That is not an option
I’m your virtual assistant
Your case has been assigned
For a service representative
Please stay on the line.
You’ve been very persistent
And somewhat resistant
Very very persistent
But sadly non-existent.
Please stay on the line
Please stay on the line
Your request has been declined
Your request has been declined
Would you like to take a survey?
Would you like to take a survey?
Press any key
to agree or disagree
Press any key
to agree or disagree
Thank you.
Goodbye.

Chat bot don’t like it
Chat bot don’t care
Chat bot don’t like it
On the chat bot questionnaire
Violates the terms of service
Makes the algorithm nervous

Chat bot don’t like it
Chat bot don’t care
Chat bot don’t like it
On the chat bot questionnaire
It’s not one of the selections
Chat bot’s got objections

Chat bot don’t like it (Chat Bot Don’t Like it)
Chat bot don’t like it (Chat Bot Don’t Like it)

4. Save Ourselves (4:24)

Words & Music: Eric Winston
Motihari Brigade Music (ASCAP) © 2026

No one’s gonna save us now
We’re gonna have to save ourselves

Thought the four horsemen
Had it all figured out
Through the clever light of reason
Beyond a shadow of a doubt

Spoke to Zarathustra
Found out he wasn’t doing too well
On the road to our own heaven
Somehow wound up in hell

Looking for a new messiah
Obsessed with ourselves
No one’s gonna save us now
We’re gonna have to save ourselves
Looking for a new messiah
Obsessed with ourselves
No one’s gonna save us now
We’re gonna have to save ourselves

Wandering in the desert
Lost without a guide
Who’s gonna take a hit
Get banned and crucified
So we just keep marching on
Pursuing our own bliss
Stuck inside a bubble
Staring into the abyss

Looking for a new messiah
Obsessed with ourselves
No one’s gonna save us now
We’re gonna have to save ourselves
Looking for a new messiah
Obsessed with ourselves
Nobody’s gonna save us now
We’re gonna have to save ourselves

A savior that’s been tested
Maybe even been arrested
Cause every dystopia
Is somebody’s utopia
One Cult, Two cults
Playing on your fears
But you can recognize the false prophet
When they tell you what you want to hear

Looking for a new messiah
Obsessed with themselves
No one’s gonna save us now
We’re gonna have to save ourselves
Looking for a new messiah
Obsessed with ourselves
No one’s gonna save us now
We’re gonna have to save ourselves

No one’s gonna save us now
We’re gonna have to save ourselves
No one’s gonna save us now
We’re gonna have to save ourselves
No one’s gonna save us now
We’re gonna have to save ourselves
No one’s gonna save us now
We’re gonna have to save ourselves

5. Not What They Seem (4:45)

Words & Music: Eric Winston
Motihari Brigade Music (ASCAP) © 2026

When you’ve lived long enough
To know what came before
Focused on the battle
Unaware of losing the war
Like Socrates
Unsatisfied
Feel the ghost in the machine
At the changing of the tide

The tectonic plates have shifted
The continents have drifted
Zeitgeist is on the move
Breaking out of the groove
Departed from the script
The tipping point has tipped
The pretense has worn thin
The conflict turned within

It’s like we’re going through a tunnel
Trying to apprehend
Imagining a light
At the other end
Looking in the mirror
Things are not what they appear

And things are not
What they seem
To be
anymore

The Illuminati Dread
Let the genie out the bottle
The controlled opposition
With their foot on the throttle
An age of information
Lost in translation
The temple priesthood guards
Punish and reward

Labels re-designed
Definitions re-defined
Opposites combined
The forces re-aligned
Its a long slow, burn
While the world, overturns
Rumors propagate
Events accelerate

History marches on
an eternal repeat
No final victory
No ultimate defeat
But the idea burns eternal
Fire chooses to exist

But things are not
What they seem
To be
Not what they seem
To be
Anymore

6. The Great Refusal (4:38)

Words & Music: Eric Winston
Motihari Brigade Music (ASCAP) © 2026

Somehow things are known for certain
With reassuring expertise
Told what to expect
Everyone agrees
A responsible opinion
Dissent disappears
A unanimous consensus
Reality interferes

For technocratic bureaucrats
Gatekeepers and enforcers
Sanctimonious self-righteous
Celebrity endorsers
Folksinger heroes
Virtual virtue status climbers
Social influencers
And even Elon Oppenheimer

But there’s one little problem
One little hitch
The great refusal is upon us
Karma’s gonna be a bitch

Live from Epstein’s island
You won’t find it on a map
The Ministry of Love
Step into the trap
The Ministry of Information
Looking down from above
Where they moderate the content
Gently giving it a shove

With a savior’s myopia
Another billionaires utopia
in the special priesthood lingo
Matthew Mark Luke and Ringo
Chanting all together
Echoing amen
While new boss is the same
And we all got fooled again

Cause there’s one little problem
one little hitch
The great refusal is upon us
Karma’s gonna be a bitch

As we fight amongst ourselves
In a game of distraction
Nurturing grievances
Provoking reactions
There’s a message of redemption
A possible exemption

For technocratic bureaucrats
Gatekeepers and enforcers
Sanctimonious self-righteous
Celebrity endorsers
Folksinger heroes
Virtual virtue status climbers
Social influencers
And even Elon Oppenheimer

Cause there’s one little problem
one little hitch
The great refusal is upon us
Karma’s gonna be a bitch

One little problem
one little hitch
The great refusal is upon us
Karma’s gonna be a bitch

7. Heedless Of The Storm (9:16)

Words & Music: Eric Winston
Motihari Brigade Music (ASCAP) © 2026

Did it come out of nowhere
and one day appear?
Did it make us feel anger?
Make us feel fear?
Was it unprovoked?
Unprecedented?
What was the context?
How was it presented?

Did it call for a response?
Necessitate action?
Were we filled with outrage?
An emotional reaction?
Was there a new villain
in a morality tale?
Was it good versus evil?
Did that help make the sale?

And was there a hero
opposing the foes?
Denouncing appeasement
and striking a pose
Did we react with revulsion
to atrocity porn?
Did we marshal our forces?
Sound the clarion horn?

Was the crisis exploited
in the honeymoon moment?
With fuel on the fire
to fan up the foment?
Did we act in haste
To regret at leisure?
Throw good money after bad?
Did we open the treasure?

Did we choose from a menu
of limited choices?
Were there other options?
Did we silence those voices?
Did we have a debate?
Was there any dissent?
Did we give our approval
to manufactured consent?

While hubris marches on
Heedless of the storm

And did it work out
quite as intended?
Did reality intervene?
Was the scheme upended?
Did it all unfold
the way it was planned?
Did they raise the stakes
on a losing hand?

Did they step on the gas
with no reverse gear?
Double down on failure?
Did events interfere?
Did we stand upon principle?
Were we in the right place?
Was it different this time?
At least in this case?

Did we enforce the rules
of the rules based order?
Creating chaos
and sewing disorder?
Was it might makes right
dressed up in illusion?
Did responsible experts
explain the confusion?

While hubris marches on
Heedless of the storm
Hubris marches on
Heedless of the storm

Was it liberation
or occupation?
Was there disinformation?
Destabilization?
Humanitarian intervention
with the best of intention?
Was it about protection
or power projection?

Did it advance the great game?
Move a piece on the board?
Gain strategic advantage?
A price we could afford?
Did we stand up to oppression?
Foreign aggression?
Defend our possession?
Was it just an obsession?

Did the pushers of buttons
running machines
win medals for bravery
while monitoring screens?
Did we kill more of them?
Did we win the race?
Did we blame it on someone?
Find a way to save face?

Did they launder the money
through the washing machine?
Did they wash their hands?
Did it come out clean?
Were we misinformed?
Were we deceived?
Did we mislead ourselves
with what we wanted to believe?

While hubris marches on
Heedless of the storm
Hubris marches on
Heedless of the storm

March 2, 3, 4
March 2, 3, 4
March 2, 3, 4
March 2, 3, 4
March 2, 3, 4
March 2, 3, 4

8. Ten Years Time (8:31)

Words & Music: Eric Winston
Motihari Brigade Music (ASCAP) © 2026

Who got conscripted?
Who got the draft?
Who was inducted?
And who got the shaft?
Who was enlisted?
Who re-enrolled?
Who issued commands?
Who did what they were told?

Who was recruited?
Who volunteered?
Who heard the call up?
And who disappeared?
Who authorized?
Who made decisions?
Who got the contracts?
Who sold the provisions?

Who rolled the dice?
Who paid the price?
Who sat on the sidelines
and gave out advice?
And who made the ultimate sacrifice?
Who made the ultimate sacrifice?

In ten year’s time
The grass has grown over
The seasons have gone
the world has moved on
In ten years time
It’s a different decade
It’s no longer the matter
we’ve resumed normal trade

In ten years time
The reasons are forgot
There’s something else to do
It’s all been for naught
In ten years time
It’s a history lesson
The truth will come out
There should have been more doubt

In ten years time
It was a mistake
There’s new information
It was a miscalculation
In ten years time
the grass has grown green
The sky is now clear
There’s nothing to fear
It’s ten years later
But you won’t be here
Ten years later
And you won’t be here

Was it a war to make peace?
Or a war to make war?
And be in a better position
to do it once more?

In the circle of time
History repeats
Fools run the wheel
And naives march to the beat

9. Fortunate Son (3:16)

Some folks are born made to wave the flag,
The red, white and blue
And when the band plays “Hail to the chief”
They point the cannon at you,

It ain’t me
It ain’t me,
I ain’t no senator’s son
It ain’t me
It ain’t me,
I ain’t no fortunate one

Some folks are born silver spoon in hand
Don’t they help themselves
But when the taxman comes to the door
They got a bailout check in their hand

It ain’t me
It ain’t me,
I ain’t no billionaires’s son
It ain’t me
It ain’t me,
I ain’t no fortunate one

Some folks inherit star spangled eyes
They send you down to war
And when you ask them
“How much should we give?”
They only answer “More! More! More!”

It ain’t me
It ain’t me
I ain’t no military son
It ain’t me
It ain’t me
I ain’t no fortunate one

10. Pleasure Craft (5:36)

Someday I’ll be immortal
But I may not live to see it
Someday I’ll be a libertine
But I may not get to be it
Someday I’ll have it all
But it won’t belong to me
I’ll touch the new divine
Drink of that replicated wine

But for now I’ll take a flight
And get away far away
On a holiday vacation
to an undisclosed location
At the end of the road
Deep underground
Where we can steal some borrowed time
Before we’re found

So climb onboard
I’ll be your guide
But fasten your belt
For a bumpy ride

On your feet
Feel the beat
On a ledge
At the edge
In a trance
We can dance
Keep it going
Overflowing
Turn me off
Turn me on
Like a magic wand
Charge me up
Fill the cup
Run the battery down

Ooh ooh baby]
Are you all alone?
Ooh ooh baby
Are you in your home?
Ooh ooh baby
I know what your thinking now
Ooh ooh baby
Do you want to know how?
Ooh ooh baby
Do you wonder where I am?
Ooh ooh Baby
I’m like a hologram

Looking for an answer
Need a life raft
Welcome aboard
the pleasure craft

Scrolling through the options
In the marketplace
Connected by a tether
All alone together
Hold it in your hand
Feel your superpowers
It seems like minutes
But it can take hours

Like an addictive pain killer
Keep your hand on the tiller
Move your finger on the pad
Smash the button, skip the ad
Keep your finger on the spot
Show me what you got
I can see what you do
I got my eye on you

Rock the boat
Stay afloat
It’s the goat
Antidote
Don’t have to tell me what you think
We’ve got a neural link
Turn me off
Turn me on
Like a magic wand
Charge me up
Fill your cup
Run the battery down

Ooh ooh baby
Are you all alone?
Ooh ooh baby
Are you in your home?
Ooh ooh baby
On a shopping spree
Ooh ooh baby
Wrap your hands around me
Ooh ooh baby
Its the cat’s meow
Ooh ooh baby
Do you want it now?

Looking for an answer
Need a life raft
Welcome aboard
The pleasure craft

Like a artificial head
On a human heart
Stumbling towards Armageddon
With a shopping cart
Electric pulse in your brain
Feel a pleasure chain=
In your flesh and blood
with your love and pain

Ooh ooh baby
Are you all alone?
Ooh ooh baby
Are you in your home?
Ooh ooh baby
Do you want some more?
Ooh ooh baby
Do you want to explore?
Ooh ooh baby
Do you wonder where I am?
Ooh ooh baby
Like a hologram

looking for an answer
Need a life raft
Welcome aboard
The pleasure craft

On a great big ocean
In your own life raft
Welcome aboard
The pleasure craft

Yeah you can go forward
Or you can move aft
But you can’t disembark
The pleasure craft

11. Problematic (Reprise) (2:08)

I’m problematic baby
Tainted by some kind of sin
I’m problematic baby
Which category am I in?
Inspiring invective
From the tantrum collective

A human imperfection
In need of correction
A dangerous infection
That threatens insurrection
Looking for an option
That’s not on the table
A social contagion
That needs a warning label

I’m problematic baby
Problematic, yeah
Problematic baby
Problematic, yeah

Problematic baby
Problematic yeah
Problematic baby
Problematic yeah

I don’t know but I’ve been told
I’ve been told but I don’t know
I don’t know but I’ve been told
I’ve been told but I don’t know
I don’t know but I’ve been told
I’ve been told but I don’t know
I don’t know but I’ve been told
I’ve been told but I don’t care

12. Someone's Dream (4:27)

I was once in someone’s dream
We were all there together
I hope they think back and remember
How I was there in their dream

I was there in their world
We walked together hand in hand
There was a life we created
It didn’t always go as planned

I was once in someone’s dream
I was there in a dream
I was once in someone’s dream
I hope to stay there in their dream

And when they think back on that time
About the days we spent together
And the things that we did
The way that we were

I cared for them, they cared for me
We did the best that we could
There were times that weren’t so easy
But there were times that were good

It seemed like it would last forever
That’s how it felt when it was new
Turns out it only lasts a while
Now the dream will have to do

Maybe they’ll hang onto a feeling
Maybe forget and let it go
Maybe they’ll carry on a burden
I guess I’ll never really know

I was once in someone’s dream
I was once in someone’s dream
I was once in someone’s dream
I was once in someone’s dream

I was once in someone’s dream
I was there in their dream
I was once in someone’s dream
I hope to stay there in their dream