[Verse 1 - fast, breathless] I picked it up to write one note One note, that's it, a single— There's seventeen unread notifications A group chat moving like a freight train A vertical video someone sent With buttons stacked from bottom to the top I closed it and I opened what I meant And forgot what I was— [Ring] [Chorus] Do not disturb, do not disturb I have a phone I cannot use my phone Do not disturb, do not disturb The miracle machine that leaves you more alone Ring ring ring ring ring ring ring [Verse 2] I'm in the middle of a sentence here A real one, face to face, the kind— They've picked it up, mid-word, they're somewhere else Down in the rectangle And back again like nothing dropped Full eye contact resumed mid— [Ring] [Chorus] [Bridge - spoken, escalating] The battery is at eight percent It's been at eight percent for an hour It cannot be replaced Not by you Not without a warranty void Not without a specialised tool they don't sell you There's a man at the crossing over there In the street Not looking up He is never looking up And if you took this thing away from him He would absolutely fall apart at the seams [Verse 3 - quieter, then building] I switched it off to find some peace The peace lasted forty seconds flat Something unread somewhere unreached Turned it back on, of course I did Forty alerts, none of them urgent None of them the one I actually— [Ring - louder] [Final Chorus] Do not disturb, do not disturb I have a phone I cannot use my phone Do not disturb, do not disturb The miracle machine that leaves you more alone Do not disturb Do not disturb Do not— [Ring]
