Lyrics

Addiction to my shiny phone
Distraction from what’s going on
Unchecked checking on
Useless updates from no one
Constantly occupied
Missing my life in real time
Feels like I’m going to drown
I’m always staring right down at the ground

It’s gonna pass me by
Time that no one can buy
Connection to mindlessness
Always sitting in my pocket
Phantom vibration
Genuine imitation
Undeserved validation
Robbing our connection to the world

Maybe there is a balance
Compromise found on both ends
Perhaps in my screen’s absence
I’ll try not to take advantage of real friends

Wirelessly attached to the world
Never further from reality
Tricked to believe in false connection
Losing all sense of community

Living my life on a screen
Evading all responsibility
Integrated technology
Creates absence of humanity

Living in a world of my own
(Notification)
Abandoning life as it’s known
(Unreal vacation)

Disregard socialization
Losing all communication

Mindlessly socialize
Reject the beauty that’s in front of you
Friendships are compromised
Attention to imitation
Ignoring conversation

So I’ll talk to the back of your phone
To see what it’s like to not be alone
In response I’ll get nothing more
Exactly the same as I had before
I’ll take a picture to remember
How my screen appeared when you were there
Because someday I’ll care