This Isn't What We Dreamed (Cover)

[Verse 1] The headlines scream like broken glass, And I scroll until the feeling passes. We trade our hearts for dopamine, Then cry in rooms we’ve never cleaned. Everyone’s tired but no one sleeps, We keep pretending it’s not that deep. [Pre-Chorus] It’s getting hard to tell what’s real, When every truth forgets how to feel. [Chorus] This isn’t what we dreamed, When we were kids with gasoline hearts. We thought we’d light the dark, Now we just watch the spark. And I don’t know what it means, When hope feels like a dying art. Tell me we can still believe— ‘Cause this isn’t what we dreamed. [Verse 2] We fill the void with plastic prayers, Share a meme, pretend we care. The oceans choke, the cities burn, And somehow life just takes its turn. We raise our phones like torches high, But no one looks each other in the eye. [Pre-Chorus] And maybe I’m too worn to fight, But I still ache for what felt right. [Chorus] This isn’t what we dreamed, When we were kids with gasoline hearts. We thought we’d light the dark, Now we just watch the spark. And I don’t know what it means, When hope feels like a dying art. Tell me we can still believe— ‘Cause this isn’t what we dreamed. [Bridge (soft, near-spoken)] I keep my kindness like a secret weapon, Small and stupid, but it’s all I’ve got left. If the world’s gone mad, I’ll still confess it— I wanna love in spite of the mess. [Final Chorus (shouted, raw)] This isn’t what we dreamed! But maybe we can start again— In the cracks, in the noise, In the hands of better friends. If hope’s a ghost that never leaves, Then maybe it still believes— We can be what we dreamed.