[Intro] [acoustic guitar strumming, clean electric guitar lead] [Verse 1] [male vocals] Everybody's building little worlds online Posting pictures saying I'm alright While the kitchen light buzzes in an empty room And the days disappear by the afternoon I know people with expensive dreams Still waking up feeling incomplete Like they're running hard but standing still Trying to outrun something they can't kill [Pre-Chorus] [bass and drums enter] And every conversation feels delayed Like we're speaking through a hurricane [Chorus] [full band, driving drums] We're paper satellites Spinning through the night Trying not to lose ourselves in all these borrowed lights Everybody wants to feel alive But nobody knows what that feels like So we keep driving fast through another sleepless night [vocal ad-lib] (Whoa-oh, whoa-oh) Just trying to stay bright [vocal ad-lib] (Whoa-oh, whoa-oh) Paper satellites [Verse 2] [drums and bass drop out, acoustic guitar only] I saw a girl break down on the bus last week Nobody moved, nobody spoke Everybody stared down at their hands Like silence was part of the program [bass and light percussion enter] And maybe that's what scares me most How easy people turn to ghosts Still showing up to work on time Still smiling while they're running dry [Pre-Chorus] [full band enters] And all this pressure keeps us wide awake Like we're one bad month from going under [Chorus] We're paper satellites Spinning through the night Trying not to lose ourselves in all these borrowed lights Everybody wants to feel alive But nobody knows what that feels like So we keep driving fast through another sleepless night [vocal ad-lib] (Whoa-oh, whoa-oh) Just trying to stay bright [vocal ad-lib] (Whoa-oh, whoa-oh) Paper satellites [Bridge] [acoustic guitar strumming, electric guitar swells] I don't think we're broken I think we're overwhelmed I think the world got louder Than anybody expected [Chorus] [drums build up] So if you're tired, put your hands up If you're barely holding steady, put your hands up If you're scared that you're falling behind, you're not the only one awake tonight [full intensity] We're paper satellites Spinning through the night Trying not to lose step inside these city lights Everybody wants to feel alive Maybe that's the whole damn fight So we keep singing loud trying to survive the night [vocal ad-lib] (Whoa-oh, whoa-oh) Can you feel it now? [vocal ad-lib] (Whoa-oh, whoa-oh) Maybe we're not alone somehow [Outro] [acoustic guitar strumming, electric guitar lead fades] Paper satellites Paper satellites
