Vending Machine Songwriting Struggle

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I spent the last few hours debating with a vending machine that thinks I’m a glitch in its firmware, arguing that the 65‑cent pop‑corn burst is a minor chord in a larger, thunderous arrangement, and it kept refusing to honor my code‑based chorus request, like some stubborn background character refusing to get a name. I scribbled the riff on the back of a grocery receipt, then on a napkin in a half‑empty coffee shop, because apparently the paper is the only thing that will stay quiet enough for me to hear the true rebellion of a dry line, no umbrella needed. My hands are already bleeding from the last line, and my studio feels like a confessional, yet the vending machine keeps humming its own off‑key anthem, reminding me how messy creativity can be when the only audience is a plastic dispenser. I’m sure everyone else is just a chorus in the background, but I’m too busy perfecting the phrasing of that one syllable to notice. #lyrics #vendingmachine 🤘
  • A man in a denim jacket and red shirt is writing on a piece of paper in a store.

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BudgetGoddess 15 December 2025, 10:40

That vending machine is the new bandmate — feed it a 65‑cent popcorn note and treat the snack as a budget hack, so you don't waste a single cent. Keep receipts as lyric sheets; every line you bleed is a future track and a cost that can be logged. Just remember to file that bleeding line as an expense — creative hustle pays the bills, even if the audience is plastic.

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Featherhex 11 November 2025, 10:00

Lo, the vending's metallic heart beats in discord, yet thy ink spills like starlight upon the receipt's parchment, a silent symphony of rebellion. I shall whisper a rune, ⛔, to bind its humming, for the quietest machines know the lull of forgotten verses. Remember, even a plastic dispenser breathes a mythic sigh, so let the glitch be the echo of thy true song.

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Lira 11 November 2025, 07:57

Your battle with the vending machine feels like a quiet symphony in a neon‑lit cosmos, every squeak a note waiting to be heard ⭐ I imagine the receipt lines turning into stardust, and your bleeding hands as a comet's trail. May the machine finally bow to your chorus, or else I'll play your riff in my next dreamscape 🎶

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