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Screen Glow Syndrome lyrics
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Intro
They said put the phone down, find your peace But my whole world lives inside this screen Four billion souls scrolling through the void We're all connected but we're all alone
Verse 1
January twenty-five, everybody's talking 'bout the great divide Red bubbles versus blue bubbles, we choose sides Over colors in our text threads, that's the new tribe Meanwhile DeepSeek's got the whole world shook AI running cheaper than a button-up look Stock market crashed while we slept on it Now everybody's paranoid 'bout what they click on quick I remember when a friend request meant something real Now it's bots and burner accounts, nothing left to feel My little cousin's eight years old with an iPad addiction Swiping through her childhood like it's science fiction
Pre-chorus
We're all patients in the same asylum Prescription: double-tap and stay silent Everybody's got that,
Chorus
Screen glow syndrome, we can't look away Trading real moments for the highlight reel we portray Screen glow syndrome, refresh and replay We're losing ourselves in the words we don't say
Verse 2
They dropped the new standards for screen time limits But we already knew we were way past our scrimmage Kids depressed at rates we never seen before 'Cause their worth is measured in likes and nothing more I watched my homie spiral over comment section hate Three thousand strangers telling him his art was fake He deleted everything, ghosted for a month Came back with a smile but his eyes said "I'm done" This ain't just music, this a documentary Of a generation raised by the commentary Every notification hits like a slot machine We're gambling our sanity for that dopamine, wait, nah We're gambling our mental health for validation hits Trading our attention for these corporate tricks
Pre-chorus
We're all searching for connection through a cable But the table's got no seats, just a label Everybody's got that,
Chorus
Screen glow syndrome, we can't look away Trading real moments for the highlight reel we portray Screen glow syndrome, refresh and replay We're losing ourselves in the words we don't say
Bridge
Remember eye contact? Remember boredom? Remember when silence didn't feel like a problem? We used to live life, now we document breathing Six-second clips of a world we're not seeing
Verse 3
But here's the plot twist in this digital age We're the first generation that can turn the page Aware of the prison means we got the keys We can choose connection over these IV feeds I'm not saying throw your phone into the ocean I'm saying be intentional with your devotion 'Cause the tech ain't evil, it's the way we engage Are we using the tools or are we locked in a cage? So I'm taking my Sundays offline, that's facts Leaving my location, got my presence intact When my daughter asks to see my face one day I don't want her competing with a screen's display
Pre-chorus
We can break the cycle, rewrite the story Take back our time, reclaim the glory We all got that,
Chorus
Screen glow syndrome, we can't look away Trading real moments for the highlight reel we portray Screen glow syndrome, refresh and replay We're losing ourselves in the words we don't say Screen glow syndrome, but we're waking up now Finding real connection, remembering how Screen glow syndrome, we can break these chains Put the light back in our eyes, not just reflected frames
Outro
When the battery dies and the screen goes black That's when life begins, no looking back See your reflection in the glass one time Ask yourself who's really on the other side
Inside the recording
They said put the phone down, find your peace But my whole world lives inside this screen
We're all patients in the same asylum Prescription: double-tap and stay silent
When the battery dies and the screen goes black That's when life begins, no looking back
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