[Verse 1] The bedroom's black except for one electric glow My thumb is sliding down the glass and moving slow I skim the terms of service that I never read Just feeding numbers to the code inside my head [Pre-Chorus 1] I'm scrolling past the faces and the edited lives While every image cuts me like a dozen knives [Chorus 1] How can you know if you are ever on your own? When every seed of doubt is something they have sown? Is there a corner where the safety is for real? Or is your life a pulse that they can learn to feel? [Verse 2] I whispered to a friend about a diamond ring I never typed a word or searched for such a thing Then on the sidebar there’s a picture of the gold My deepest thoughts are being bought and being sold [Pre-Chorus 2] Every notification is a knock on my door I cannot look into the glass screen anymore [Chorus 2] How can you know if you are ever on your own? When every seed of doubt is something they have sown? Is there a corner where the safety is for real? Or is your life a pulse that they can learn to feel? [Instrumental Break - Melodic Solo and Dynamics] [Verse 3] I’m clicking through permissions in a frantic race To wipe the digital lines from across my face I block the cookies but the logic is too deep The data mining never pauses for my sleep [Pre-Chorus 3] The synchronicity is closing like a cage I'm just a character upon a data page [Bridge] I tear a piece of black tape for the laptop eye The front-facing camera lens watches me cry The phone is face down but the silence feels too loud Is the mic still listening through the silver cloud? [Final Chorus] Now I can feel I am never on my own The seeds of paranoia have already grown There is no corner where the safety is for real My life is just a code that they have come to steal [Outro] The map is finished and the trail has all been found My privacy is buried six feet in the ground Unseen watcher, are you satisfied tonight? Watching me fade in the dying of the light
