Phones
Disconnected Dreams: Navigating Modern Solitude
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Leaving my table set for one, for one
Preparing a table setting for only one person
Guess there is a chance I will have fun, have fun
There's a possibility of having a good time
Every thought inside my head says run, oh run
Feeling the impulse to run away
Come on you can do this!
Encouraging oneself to overcome a challenge
OK let me put my makeup on, it's on
Getting ready by applying makeup
I'm not gonna cancel after all, nuh-uh
Deciding not to cancel the plan
Feel like Cinderella at the ball, the ball
Feeling like Cinderella at a grand event
I wish my feet were smaller, ah ah oh
Wishing for smaller feet metaphorically
Everybody's lookin' at their phones, their phones
Observing everyone engrossed in their phones
I can't help feeling so alone, alone
Experiencing a sense of loneliness
Seems like all the best intentions turn, they turn
Noting how well-intentioned efforts fail
Watching you ignore me
Feeling neglected by someone's disregard
Wishing you were looking up at me, at me
Desiring attention and acknowledgment from someone specific
Not sure how I'm supposed to be, I'll be
Uncertain about how to act or present oneself
Searching for an exit strategy, oh gee
Seeking a way to leave the situation
Let me call that rideshare, ah ah no
Considering using a rideshare service to leave
Everybody's lookin' at their phones, their phones
Noticing everyone absorbed in their phones again
I can't help feeling so alone, alone
Reiterating the feeling of isolation
Seems like all the best intentions turn, they turn
Reflecting on the failure of good intentions
Watching you ignore me
Feeling ignored by someone's preoccupation
Wishing you were just watching me, wishing you were just watching me
Desiring attention solely focused on oneself
Nobody's looking up at me, at me
Not receiving attention or acknowledgment
Not sure how it's gonna be, I'll be
Unsure about the future course of action
All alone in 2019, I'm not 19
Feeling isolated in the current time, not at a younger age
Deleting every profile
Deleting online profiles, possibly to disconnect from technology
Oh everybody's looking at their phones
Observing people absorbed in their phones collectively
Click my heels and wish myself back home
Wishing to return home by metaphorically clicking heels
Kinda like being all alone, alone
Comparing the feeling of isolation to being completely alone
Come on where's that rideshare
Seeking a rideshare to leave the situation
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