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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.

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?

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.

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.

(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.

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.

(Soft acoustic guitar strum)

Put it on the table.

Look me in the eye.

The sun’s going down...

In a real-life sky.