The battery is dying and the room is getting dark I am staring at the embers trying to find a spark There is a circus on the screen but the clowns are looking mean Selling tickets to a war that I have never even seen I reach across the table and I finally pull the plug And sweep the virtual ashes right under the rug Disconnect Step out into the light Disconnect Give up the phantom fight We are walking out the door and leaving the machine behind Got to break the simulation just to see what we can find Disconnect And leave the ghosts in the dark The handle on the front door is cold against my hand I am stepping off the island and back onto the land The air is smelling sweet like the summer coming on The artificial midnight is breaking into dawn I see my neighbor waving from across the avenue Turns out he is a human and he is bleeding just like you Disconnect Step out into the light Disconnect Give up the phantom fight We are walking out the door and leaving the machine behind Got to break the simulation just to see what we can find Disconnect And leave the ghosts in the dark No more glowing boxes, no more feeding on the lie We are going to build a physical fire! Look them in the eye. Disconnect Step out into the light Disconnect Give up the phantom fight We are walking out the door and leaving the machine behind Got to break the simulation just to see what we can find Disconnect And leave the ghosts in the dark I see you. © 2026 The Shady River Bard. All rights reserved.
