Verse 1
The dishes dry in the kitchen light
My phone lights up in the middle of the night
They say the sky’s about to fall
But the stars still hang like nothing at all
The house is still, it’s almost ten
I say “that’s it” — then scroll again
Chasing a line on a glowing screen
Trying to find out what it means
Pre-Chorus
Every headline pulls me in
Every warning under my skin
Chorus
I don’t wanna go numb
I don’t wanna fade away
On the edge of every headline
Hanging on every word they say
If the ground keeps shaking under me
I’ll find my feet somehow
I don’t wanna go numb
I wanna feel it now
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Verse 2
Everybody’s loud online
Drawing their truth in black and white
Every voice is amplified
Every fear electrified
I read until my chest gets tight
Like something’s coming in the night
But nothing moves, no sirens sound
Just shadows stretching on the ground
I keep the volume turned down low
Like I can hide what I don’t know
Like fear’s a thing I can outrun
If I don’t let it become
Pre-Chorus
Another wave I can’t defend
Another spin I can’t pretend
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Chorus
I don’t wanna go numb
I don’t wanna shut it down
I don’t wanna lose my heart
Just to survive this town
If the world keeps spinning faster
I’ll slow my breathing down
I don’t wanna go numb
I wanna feel it now
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Bridge (build here — this is the lift section)
Maybe the fight’s not out there
In the blame and the flame
Maybe it’s right here
Calling my name
Maybe it’s choosing
Love over fear
Holding the people
Closest right here
When everything’s breaking
When everything screams
I’m staying human
Inside the machine
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Final Chorus (Full Lift)
We don’t wanna go numb
We don’t wanna disappear
We don’t wanna trade our souls
For another year of fear
If the world keeps shaking under us
We’ll still be standing proud
We don’t wanna go numb
We’re gonna feel it now
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Outro (strong but simple)
The screen goes dark
The night stays still
The stars above
Are shining still
Weseeyou
