Never Really There

Scroll through names like I scroll through days Same little faces in a digital maze “Seen 2 min ago” but it don’t mean much We all online but we don’t keep touch Got group chats full of nothing but noise Typing “lol” like we still got voice Voice notes left on read, then ignored We talk all day but we still feel bored I know your life through a filtered frame But I don’t really know if you feel the same We celebrate birthdays through a screen glow But I don’t know where the real ones go Everybody active, everybody seen But nobody really living in between I got people in my phone, yeah they always near But I talk to a screen, they don’t really hear Typing “how you been?” like it’s all alright But I ain’t heard a real voice in weeks tonight We always online but we never really there So many faces but nobody care I see you clear through a glowing screen But I don’t know what your silence means Yeah we always connected, that’s what they say But I feel more alone every day Used to meet up, now it’s just replies Used to read faces, now it’s just lies Not even lies like they tryna deceive Just life in pixels we all believe We double tap love, then we move on fast Moments don’t stay, everything don’t last I got friends I haven’t heard in years Still know their life through stories and reels And I’m part of it, I do the same Posting my life like it’s just a game But after the post when the screen goes black It’s just me and silence staring back No one calling, just vibrations fade In a room I built but I’m still not saved I got people in my phone, yeah they always near But I talk to a screen, they don’t really hear Typing “how you been?” like it’s all alright But I ain’t heard a real voice in weeks tonight We always online but we never really there So many faces but nobody care I see you clear through a glowing screen But I don’t know what your silence means Yeah we always connected, that’s what they say But I feel more alone every day Maybe we changed and we didn’t notice Lost in the scroll, we stay focused On everything happening everywhere else While we slowly disappear ourselves I miss the weight of a real conversation No typing, no delay, no translation Just someone there, fully present and true Not a profile picture looking at you And I don’t blame it, it’s just how it is But it still feels like something is missed Like we got the world in the palm of our hand But nobody really understands We always online but we never really there So many faces but nobody care I see you clear through a glowing screen But I don’t know what your silence means Yeah we always connected, that’s what they say But I feel more alone every day But I feel more alone every day We always online but we never really there So many faces but nobody care I see you clear through a glowing screen But I don’t know what your silence means