Wake up, screens light up my face
Dreams dissolve in a data haze
Voices shouting through electric veins
Chasing comfort, feeding chains
They say work hard or build your fate
But that advice expired with the interest rate
50 years back, they could own a home
Now we rent our souls just to stay alive
They had paychecks that could actually climb
Now we're just fighting to stay alive in time
Just one day
No screens, no streams, no walls to break my brain
Just one day
To breath the air and I feel like I'm insane
Just one day
To see the world through eyes not glass and coal
Just one day
No signals, no updates to overload
Just one day
To live before the noise invades my mind
Just one day
To loosen it and see what I can find
Just one day
Before it all fades away
Boomers say just work some more
But they don't see
The locked front door when houses cost a lifetime's pay
You can't just grind it all away
They had bangs that opened hands
We got ads that tracked demands
They had hours of peace in the night
We got blue light burning out our sides
They lived their lives, we lived through screams
Synthetic worlds, recycled dreams
Just one day
No screams, no streams, no eyes to break my brain
Just one day
To breathe the air and not feel like I'm insane
Just one day
To see the world through eyes not glass and coal
Just one day
No signals, no updates to overload
Just one day
To live before the noise invades my mind
Just one day
To loosen it and see what I can find
Just one day
Before it all fades away
Every click is a trade, every thought's displayed
Every second is a sale someone else just made
You can't breathe without a trace online
No pulse, no place, no peace of mind
We don't talk, we just type reactions
We don't feel, we just make attractions
The silence they had is gone for good
We've automated everything we should
And now I see what they really mean
It's not effort, it's just one day
No screams, no streams, no eyes to break my brain
Just one day
To breathe the air and not feel like I'm insane
Just one day
To see the world through eyes not glass and coal
Just one day
No signals, no updates to overload
Just one day
To live before the noise invades my mind
Just one day
To loosen it and see what I can find
Just one day
Before it all fades away
Now I understand that words weren't wrong
Just out of time a different song
Back then working more could make you rise
Now the system shifts before your eyes
You gotta think smart or break the mold
Cause hard work alone won't buy you gold
Inflation eats, the numbers lie
And progress leaves the rest behind
I don't wanna run, I just wanna pause
And live one day without this
Just one day
No screams, no streams, no eyes to break my brain
Just one day
To breathe the air and not feel like I'm insane
Just one day
To see the world through eyes not glass and coal
Just one day
No signals, no updates to overload
Just one day
To live before the noise invades my mind
Just one day
To loosen it and see what I can find
Before it all fades away
Before it all fades away
Fades away
Fades away
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