[INTRO - JVoltz] [Low spoken delivery, distant, intimate] I had to disappear... Not from the world. From the version of me that kept begging the world to understand. [VERSE 1 - JVoltz] I put my phone down, let the silence ring Everybody wanted answers, I ain't answer anything Had a thousand conversations running circles in my head So I stopped explaining life and started living what I said I watched some faces fade when the light got low Funny how the crowd gets small when the cameras go I was carrying a weight I never posted online Smiling in the picture while I was breaking inside Had to learn that being busy ain't the same as being whole Had to sit inside the quiet with the parts I couldn't show There were nights I questioned everything I built Wondering if the dream was worth the price of every guilt So I closed the door Turned the notifications off And finally heard myself When everybody else was gone [PRE-CHORUS - Sparky] I know you wondered where I went I know you felt the distance But some wounds don't make a sound They only ask for stillness [CHORUS - Sparky] I went OFFLINE No signal, no reply Had to lose the outside Just to find what's left inside OFFLINE Let the whole world pass me by I wasn't running from my life I was learning how to survive [POST-CHORUS - Sparky] No, I wasn't gone I was becoming No, I wasn't cold I was recovering [VERSE 2 - JVoltz] I remember every promise that I made when I was young Every dream I couldn't touch, every battle left undone I remember calling people who stopped calling back Then pretending I was good when I knew I wasn't that Had to face the mirror without blaming anybody Had to own the empty rooms, had to own the broken pieces Had to ask myself a question nobody else could answer: "If nobody sees you win, do you still become a champion?" That one hit different So I stayed with it No applause No witnesses No validation No permission I rebuilt the foundation Brick by brick Mistake by mistake Breath by breath And somewhere in the quiet I stopped missing who I used to be [PRE-CHORUS - Sparky] I know you wondered where I went I know you felt the distance But some wounds don't make a sound They only ask for stillness [CHORUS - Sparky] I went OFFLINE No signal, no reply Had to lose the outside Just to find what's left inside OFFLINE Let the whole world pass me by I wasn't running from my life I was learning how to survive [BRIDGE - JVoltz] Don't call it disappearing I was disappearing from the fear From the need to prove I'm worthy From the voices in my ear [Sparky] And if you thought I left you I was trying to come back whole Sometimes you gotta lose the noise To hear your own soul [JVoltz] I don't need everybody I just need what's real [Sparky] I don't need their approval I remember how I feel [BOTH - FINAL BUILD] We went quiet We went inward We went through it We got different [FINAL CHORUS - Sparky] I went OFFLINE No signal, no reply Had to lose the outside Just to find what's left inside OFFLINE Now I finally see the light I wasn't running from my life I was learning how to survive [FINAL CHORUS - JVoltz] I went offline Now I'm back on my own terms Everything I couldn't say Turned into everything I learned [OUTRO - Sparky] I wasn't gone... [JVoltz] I was becoming. [Sparky] Offline... [JVoltz] But never finished.
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