Beware The Earworm
Don't Stop Believin' I Can't Get You Out of My Head for a Bad Romance and Bohemian Rhapsody!
Don't mind me, I'm just the earworm
Setting up home inside your eardrum
Infecting you with a catchy song
Don't worry, though, it won't be long
Until everyone is stuck just the same
Until everyone is saying my name
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Don't mind me, I'm just the earworm
Making you tap your toes and hum
The only remedy is to pass me on
Replace me, though, and I'll be gone
Until a new earworm comes along
Until a new earworm comes on strong
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Infiltrating into your auditory cortex
The vicious loop like a violent vortex
A cognitive itch, ironic process theory
Repetitively replaying until your weary
Don't mind me, I'm just the earworm
Setting up home inside your eardrum
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Comments (8)
Loved this sooooo much!! Spot on with the rhythm and the rhyming!! Really fabulous writing and the content is oh so true. We try to get ear worms in each other's heads in my house, lol. Really great work on this one!!
Funny and spot on! šš
Amazing!
Lighthearted and catchy... This was a fun way to end my evening!!!
I loved this! And I was just talking to Heather about earworms š Iād actually never heard that term before!
Oh I have many earworms in my ears at the same time. It's like having multiples tabs open which are playing differently songs at the same time. Sometimes, these earworms even create their own remixes for me. Lol!
Enjoyed this!
Wonderful. Now I "Can Get It Out of my head"