PARASOCIAL//PARASITE

[PARASOCIAL / PARASITE] [INTRO] Refresh. Refresh. Refresh. Refresh. Did they miss me? Did they see me? Did they like me? Do I exist? [VERSE 1] Smile for the camera Smile for the crowd Smile for the strangers Scream a little louder Post another picture Feed another trend Tell them you’re okay Do it all again Every heart a dopamine hit Every view another fix Every comment says they love me But they only know the GLITCH!! [PRE-CHORUS] You want a piece of me Take a number Join the line Everybody gets a fragment Nobody gets my mind [CHORUS] PARASOCIAL PARASITE EVERYBODY WANTS A BITE PARASOCIAL PARASITE PULLING PIECES FROM MY LIFE TAKE THE PHOTOS TAKE THE PAIN TAKE THE VERSION YOU EXPLAIN PARASOCIAL PARASITE EVERYBODY FEEDS TONIGHT [VERSE 2] Check the metrics Check the reach Check the numbers Check the feed Check the comments Check the shares Check if anybody cares I said I hated all of it Said I wanted out But every night I’d count the views Before I went to sleep And every spike felt like a pulse Every drop felt like a grave Funny how the thing I hated Became the thing I craved [PRE-CHORUS] You watched me I watched you Neither one of us looked away [CHORUS] PARASOCIAL PARASITE EVERYBODY WANTS A BITE PARASOCIAL PARASITE EVERYBODY NEEDS TONIGHT TAKE MY STORIES TAKE MY NAME TURN ME INTO SOMETHING SAFE PARASOCIAL PARASITE WHO IS FEEDING OFF WHO? [GLITCH BREAKDOWN] Loading… Loading… Loading… Identity not found. Identity not found. Identity not found. [BRIDGE] If nobody watched… Would I still know who I am? If nobody clapped… Would I still sing? If nobody followed… Would I still walk this road? If nobody stayed… Would I stay for myself? … I don’t know. [SOFT VERSE] Maybe that was the hunger Not fame Not attention Not numbers Not applause Maybe I just wanted proof That I mattered And strangers were easier Than looking in a mirror [FINAL CHORUS] PARASOCIAL PARASITE I CAN SEE IT IN THE LIGHT PARASOCIAL PARASITE WE WERE BOTH ALIVE THAT NIGHT YOU COULDN’T SAVE ME BUT NEITHER COULD APPLAUSE I KEPT CHASING ECHOES THROUGH A HALL OF MIRRORED WALLS PARASOCIAL PARASITE I WAS STARVING THE WHOLE TIME [OUTRO] Refresh. Refresh. Refresh. … No. Close app. Walk outside. Look up. Breathe. [Synthetic Voice] END TRANSMISSION