Message boarding in a laid back mood, didn't do the little folky much good
Troll comes travelling, fishin for a bite, flaming up the folk net itchin to fight
Poison spam mail, hour by hour, they keep going way too far,
They're only here to spread their strife, an everyday story of virtual life

On good old UMF where it all was born, a killfile stopped their ranting scorn
Usenet rules aint used no more, what do you think we made them for?
Wasted bandwidth makes us frown, toxic trash we can't shut down,
But all the boards will pay the price, for another troll's vision of virtual life

Once the net was plain to see, a place to build community.
If peeps got angry, or unkind, we'd join together, make them mind,
Now self-righteous fuckwit fools, are taking over, breaking rules,
Our tolerance has been the price, cos they don't respect our virtual way of life

Silent fora, empty frames, can't chat no more for trolls and flames,
Cyber world is split in two, polarised by toxic views
They don't give a damn for netiquette, they're only out for what they can get
We try reason, as their knife, is carving up our virtual life

Freedom to troll? Here's the deal, flame fests bring us all to heel,
Toxic posts of giant scale, spamming is the final nail
The coffin of our virtual dream lies in ruins across the screen
While cyber lawyers writs in hand, strip this rich and fertile land,
Cherry pick what they can steal, a butterfly is broken on a wheel

No peace, no sense

Won't share, don't care


Trolls are ruling in our virtual life

Virtual life, virtual life, virtual life

It's a little bit of virtual life