The coffee’s cold, the light is gray
I’ve scrolled a mile since the start of the day
Pictures of places I’ve never been
Ghostly reflections on a hand-held screen
I'm checking the weather for a city out west
While the dust on my window is put to the test.
[Pre-Chorus]
And my thumb keeps moving, a rhythmic twitch
Looking for a spark, looking for a switch
But the pixels don't heat up, they just glow
Where did the last three hours go?
[Chorus]
Oh, I’m lost in the glass screen blue
Searching for a signal to lead me back to you
It’s a neon ocean, a digital sea
And I’m drowning in a world of "me, me, me"
Yeah, I’m drowning in the glass screen blue.
[Verse 2]
I see your face in a grid of ten
I start a comment, then I click "delete" again
Because a heart-shaped icon feels a little too small
When I remember how we used to have it all
The static in my head is getting loud
I’m looking for a person in a data cloud.
[Bridge]
(Tempo slows down, music thins out)
Power down.
Let the black mirror fade.
Listen to the quiet that we haven't made.
One breath.
Two breaths.
Finally awake.
[Chorus]
Oh, I’m out of the glass screen blue
I don’t need a signal to lead me back to you
No more neon ocean, no more digital sea
Just the air in the room and you here with me
Yeah, I’m leaving the glass screen blue.
[Outro]
(Soft acoustic guitar strum)
Put it on the table.
Look me in the eye.
The sun’s going down...
In a real-life sky.
[Male Vocal]