[Verse 1] We smile in the glass, perfect on display Scroll through painted lives, colors start to fray Everybody shining, chasing neon dreams But the quiet in our chest is tearing at the seams [Pre-Chorus] We trade our hearts for flashing lights We blur the truth in staged delights In every mirrored screen we see A version that we wish could be [Chorus] Why do we live false, hiding in the glow? Building paper kingdoms in a pixel show Running from the shadows that we never face Lost inside a story that we can’t erase [Verse 2] We speak in empty words, practiced every line Filters on our doubts, say that we are fine Afraid of being broken, so we wear the mask But the weight of being perfect is an endless task [Pre-Chorus] We trade our hearts for flashing lights We blur the truth in staged delights In every mirrored screen we see A version that will never be [Chorus] Why do we live false, hiding in the glow? Building paper kingdoms in a pixel show Running from the shadows that we never face Lost inside a story that we can’t erase [Bridge] If we let the edges show, fractures in the light Would we find each other there, honest in the night? If we dropped the armor, if we spoke our scars Would the distant strangers turn to falling stars? [Chorus] Why do we live false, hiding in the glow? Building paper kingdoms in a pixel show Running from the shadows that we’re scared to trace Searching for a real heart in this borrowed face
