[Verse 1] They got to you young Before you had language for the ache Sold you mirrors with moving numbers Taught you to pose before you could take shape Perfect faces, staged salvation War clips next to jokes and dances Predators dressed like trends Headlines screaming through your chances [Verse 2] Every swipe a tiny measurement Every heart a rented pulse Every feed a poisoned river Every pause another shove You learned to rank your own reflection Before you ever met yourself By the time you named the sadness It had already learned your tells [Chorus] Harvested for attention Strip-mined down to the nerve Loneliness wearing connection Paid in the currency you never deserved They said it’s fun, they said it’s social They said everybody’s there But children were not made for markets Children were not made for glare [Verse 3] A smiling salesman sold the doorway A stopwatch mind designed the stay Now you sleep with the machine still breathing At the edge of every day Adults say, “Just put the phone down” Like they’re talking about a spoon Not the whole architecture of belonging Not the hook sunk in too soon [Bridge] And I hate how calm they sound When they tell the drowning child To simply love the shore enough To stop swallowing the tide [Final Chorus] Harvested for attention Counted before you could count your worth Turned into product and audience All before you learned your earth They said it’s harmless, modern living They said don’t be dramatic, kid But look at the eyes of a whole generation And tell me this is not what we did
