Behind the screen

It's crazy isn't it 

How we can stare at a screen for hours

When all it really gives us 

Is a false sense of power

We think 

Just because we are the ones behind the screen

We can control what we watch

What we see

But it’s always there 

Constantly monitoring  our movements – trying to find patterns 

But can u say that it doesn't work?

Because to how many of you, has this happened?

It

 sucks us down into endless voids

By showing us things

 (it knows), we’ll enjoy 

It 

It knows what we do what we like and what we see

 and gives us a false sense -

of being happy

It

Thrives on the more time we spend online 

And sinks

When that time declines

And when you’re behind the screen

There’s no telling 

who people may be 

And when you’re behind the screen

There’s no limit

to what people can see

But when you’re behind the screen

You’re becoming addicted

And you don’t want to leave

But do the people who run these 

platforms even care?

Because I’m pretty sure- 

They’re multi-millionaires

They are people who had a dream 

Then an idea

which they turned into reality

A reality from which we can’t escape 

A reality from which we don’t want a break

A reality, where for us, it’s probably to late

But if I’m wrong- then prove me wrong

Put down your phone 

And write a song 

Try not to think about it 

While its gone 

And maybe when you put it down

You will finally see

What’s really in our world-

When you're not behind a screen 

Because outside of a phone

There’s a true reality...