[Verse 1]
When I see this world go around,
I ask myself, what's left to be found?
I see so many people chasing their tails,
Fake friends, fake world, fake everything—that's how it sails.
Everybody's smiling, everybody's fine,
Living perfect lives they designed online.
A thousand fucking followers screaming your name,
But when you need one friend—nobody came.
[Pre-Chorus]
Can someone tell me, where did we go?
When did knowing everyone mean being alone?
Sitting side by side, but nobody's there,
Heads bent down like they're saying a prayer.
[Chorus]
PUT DOWN YOUR DAMNED PHONE!
OPEN YOUR EYES!
Turn off the fucking TV and GO OUTSIDE!
There's a whole fucking world you've forgotten exists,
Real faces, real laughter, real people you've missed.
PUT DOWN YOUR DAMNED PHONE!
Before you forget—
There's a life outside you haven't lived yet!
[Verse 2]
Oh look! Another breakfast! What a beautiful plate!
Quick, take a picture before the eggs get cold—WAIT!
Tell the whole world you're drinking some tea,
Because God knows we were all desperate to see.
Film every concert instead of hearing the song,
Record every moment while the moment is gone.
Take twenty selfies—delete nineteen,
Then spend all fucking night wondering why you're unseen.
[Pre-Chorus]
Can someone explain why everyone's lonely,
When everyone claims they've got five thousand homies?
You sit next to your family and don't say a word,
But some stranger online gets your whole fucking world.
[Chorus]
PUT DOWN YOUR DAMNED PHONE!
OPEN YOUR EYES!
Turn off the fucking TV and GO OUTSIDE!
There you'll meet friends and everything you're missing,
Maybe even remember what it's like to be living!
PUT DOWN YOUR DAMNED PHONE!
Look someone in the face!
The world isn't ending if you leave cyberspace!
[Bridge – Melodramatic]
And someday you'll look up...
The room will be still.
Your battery's full...
But your life never will.
Ten thousand pictures.
A million likes.
A lifetime scrolling
through somebody else's life.
And you'll whisper:
“Where did everybody go?”
They didn't go anywhere.
YOU FUCKING MISSED THEM.
[Breakdown]
Swipe!
Like!
Follow!
Repeat!
Wake!
Work!
Scroll!
Sleep!
What a beautiful fucking life.
[Final Chorus]
PUT DOWN YOUR DAMNED PHONE!
OPEN YOUR EYES!
Nobody ever lived by watching life!
Go get dirty! Get rejected! Get drunk on the rain!
Fall in love! Make a friend! Feel something again!
No filters!
No followers!
No digital throne!
Just you and the world—
NOW LEAVE THE FUCKING PHONE ALONE!
[Outro]
Your screen goes black.
Don't panic.
That's your reflection.
Nice to finally meet you.