[Verse] In summer’s glow, we used to play, With sticks and stones, the livelong day, Imagination shaped our schemes, Boredom birthed our wildest dreams. But now the screens have taken hold, Kids crave the flash, their hearts grow cold, No quiet spark to light their mind, Just endless noise they’re doomed to find. [Chorus] Oh, how we’ve changed, oh, how we’ve lost, The simple joys, at such a cost, But in our hearts, the memories stay, To light the dark, and show the way. [Verse] We’d talk for hours on the phone, Voices weaving, hearts not alone, A letter’s ink, a tender art, Curved by hand, straight from the heart. But texts now buzz, short and spare, No doorbell rings, no one’s there, The grace of words, the chat’s embrace, Fades to screens that steal their place. [Chorus] Oh, how we’ve changed, oh, how we’ve lost, The simple joys, at such a cost, But in our hearts, the memories stay, To light the dark, and show the way. [Verse] In quiet rooms, I’d sit and muse, My thoughts my own, no need to choose, Time would stretch, a gentle stream, Moments mine to drift and dream. But now ads chase what I confide, Privacy sold, convenience hides, No pause to breathe, just pings that bind, A restless soul, a captured mind. [Chorus] Oh, how we’ve changed, oh, how we’ve lost, The simple joys, at such a cost, But in our hearts, the memories stay, To light the dark, and show the way. [Verse] A friendly voice once eased my plea, Real hands to help, real care to see, Trust held firm in what we knew, The world made sense, the facts were true. But chatbots drone in loops of strife, Machines now rule this hollow life, Institutions crumble slow, Doubt’s the seed they’ve come to sow. [Chorus] Oh, how we’ve changed, oh, how we’ve lost, The simple joys, at such a cost, But in our hearts, the memories stay, To light the dark, and show the way. [Verse] Beneath the stars, I’d find my peace, Their endless dance, my soul’s release, Silence wrapped the world in grace, A quiet call through time and space. But orange skies now veil the night, Noise drowns all, no end in sight, No stars to guide, no stillness near, Just hollow hums that deafen here. [Bridge] Yet in the dark, a spark holds fast, A whisper from the cherished past, If we unplug, reach deep within, The light we lost might glow again. Let’s turn away, let’s seek the true, Reclaim the world we always knew, For in the still, we’ll understand, The power rests within our hands. [Final Chorus] Oh, how we’ve changed, oh, how we’ve lost, The simple joys, at such a cost, But in our hearts, the memories stay, To light the dark, and show the way.
