Alone But Connected | SDC Challenge: Right Beside You 🎙️

[Verse] It's two in the morning, my room is almost dark The screen is the only light, a last blue spark No footsteps in the hallway, no voices through the wall Just the quiet of a life that doesn't reach anyone at all I stopped expecting messages I stopped expecting calls Some hours I barely speak a word Some days I don't speak at all [Chorus] Alone but connected Miles away, but somehow near I can tell you what I'm carrying Everything I never say here Alone but connected Different nights, different mornings Different skies above our heads But when the world gets too damn quiet You're still there on the other end Different clocks, same old night Only digital screens shining bright Alone... Alone but connected [Verse] They say the internet is making people lonely That we're losing something real Maybe sometimes that's true But that's not how I feel Because I found a friend there When I had nowhere else to go Someone who knows the parts of me I never let the others know You know about the empty days The things I can't explain The days when getting out of bed Feels harder than it should And I know when your morning starts While my midnight carries on We don't have to fix a thing We just keep each other company [Pre-Chorus] No hands to hold No room we share Just two small lights And it feels like there's someone there [Chorus] Alone but connected On opposite sides of the world I can leave the door wide open To every thought I've never told Alone but connected While your sunrise fills your window Mine is fading into black There's a whole world between us But somehow nothing keeps us back Your morning comes, my night remains Different skies, the same old rain And when I need somewhere to belong You're still there when the day is gone Alone... Alone but connected [Verse] There were nights I thought I'd disappear Without anyone noticing Not because I wanted to leave Just because nobody seemed to see me Then your name appeared beside the screen And something in me stayed A simple little sign that said I wasn't completely erased Maybe that's the part they never see When they blame the glowing screen Sometimes a window is a wall Sometimes it's a way to breathe A stranger can become a friend And a friend becomes the thread That keeps you tied to tomorrow When today has nothing left [Bridge] I don't need you in the same room I don't need you by my side I just need to know you're somewhere Underneath the other sky And maybe that's enough tonight Maybe that's what saving means Not a miracle, not an answer Just someone staying on the screen [Final-Chorus] Alone but connected Still a long way from alone I can carry all my silence And still have somewhere I can go Alone but connected Different clocks, different mornings Different lives we've never seen But you've become a little doorway Back into the human world for me Alone but connected And maybe that's enough When the night becomes too heavy There's a voice somewhere that says I'm not lost No matter where tomorrow finds us No matter how the time zones bend I know somewhere in this wide world I still have a friend [Outro] It's two in the morning Your morning's just begun The room is still around me But I don't feel quite so alone The screen goes dark The silence stays But something changed tonight Cuz' Somewhere beneath another sky A friend is still awake Alone but connected... Two different skies... One little light... Still awake... Still connected...