[Unread] at Midnight

Screen lights up across the room
Pushes back the midnight gloom
Heartbeat racing in my chest
Thinking that you finally text
Pick it up and hold my breath
Staring at the glowing glass
Just an update on an app
Caught inside the digital trap

Just a double tap, an empty share
From someone who doesn't even care
Another glow, another tone
But I'm still sitting here alone
(Sitting here alone)

My phone is shaking all day long
But every time the name is wrong
A hundred lights, a thousand sounds
But you're nowhere to be found
I'm drowning in the social feed
Starving for the word I need
Got the whole world in my hand
But I'm still sinking in the sand
(In the sand)

Scrolling down an endless line
Watching everybody shine
Fake smiles on a plastic screen
Living in a hollow dream
I post a picture just to see
If you are looking back at me
But you're a ghost inside the wire
A burnt-out spark without a fire

Just a double tap, an empty share
From someone who doesn't even care
Another glow, another tone
But I'm still sitting here alone
(I'm alone)
(I'm alone)

My phone is shaking all day long
But every time the name is wrong
A hundred lights, a thousand sounds
But you're nowhere to be found
I'm drowning in the social feed
Starving for the word I need
Got the whole world in my hand
But I'm still sinking in the sand

Face down on the empty bed
Silencing the noise inside my head
Watching the battery drain away
Knowing you won't write today

Do Not Disturb is turning on
I finally accept that you are gone
You are gone

My phone was shaking all day long
But every time the name was wrong
I turn the lights and turn the sounds
I know you're nowhere to be found
Stepping off the social feed
I'm giving up the word I need
Putting down the glowing glass
I'm letting the illusion pass
(Letting it pass)
(You are gone)

Airplane mode
Screen goes black
Not waiting anymore
Not waiting anymore