Screens Don’t Rest

Another notification, another knife

Words typed quick but they cut like a wife’s goodbye

You don’t know my face but you know my name

Turned my life into your favorite game

{intimate vocal, fingerpicked guitar intro} I used to love the light of

my phone Now every buzz feels like I’m not alone

But not in the good way,

not anymore

Just strangers lined up outside my door {building layers,

rising tension} Screens don’t sleep and neither do I

Lying awake while the comments multiply

You can’t see me shaking,

can’t see me cry

But I’m still here,

still here,

still alive

{anthemic chorus, full band} They say just log off,

just turn it away

But you don’t understand what it’s like today

It follows me to school,

it follows me home

It’s in my pocket,

I’m never alone

{steady verse, added percussion} I used to love the light of my

phone Now every buzz feels like I’m not alone

But not in the good way,

not anymore

Just strangers lined up outside my door {building to chorus again} Screens

don’t sleep and neither do I

Lying awake while the comments multiply

You can’t see me shaking,

can’t see me cry

But I’m still here,

still here,

still alive {full peak chorus} Maybe you’re hurting too

Hiding behind a avatar,

not knowing what to do

But your pain don’t get to become my scar

I’m done shrinking down to fit inside the dark

{stripped back, reflective} Screens go quiet when I find my voice

I’m allowed to block,

I’m allowed to choose

You don’t get to write my story anymore

I’m walking out, I’m walking out that door

{empowering final chorus,

full} Screens don’t sleep,

but I finally do ‘Cause I’m more than pixels,

more than what got said about you

I’m still here, still here,

still alive {fading out,

peaceful resolution}