[Verse 1]
Been switching off a lot of things now
I'm not picking up, I got my phone down
This life on a screen is tiring to me
The pictures that you see, they ain't really right
Only surface-level deep, carefully designed
This life on a screen is tiring to me
[Pre-Chorus]
Would you let me pick you up?
'Cause I don't wanna just hit you up
I want to hold a hand not a thumbnail
I'm just asking for the chance, not a white veil
[Chorus]
I just wanna live, real life
I don't want to love online
I wonder what you're like
'Cause a screen doesn't show what a heart does
I just wanna live, real life
I don't want to love online
I wonder what you're like
'Cause a screen doesn't show what a heart does (No)
[Verse 2]
So many different sides that we show the world
So we try to dumb It down to a couple words
How do you caption soul?
How can we comment and share, without ever knowing it all?
How the hell am I to know, how you'll really be?
I'm still tryna figure out who I am to me
But it's all beauty ya see
We're all puzzle pieces trying to meet
[Pre-Chorus]
Would you let me pick you up?
I don't wanna just hit you up
I wanna hold a hand not a thumbnail
I'm just asking for the chance, not a white veil
But if we never fit, that's fine
At least we skipped all of the blurry lines
With all of the time that got left
Face to face is how I want all that time spent
[Chorus]
I just wanna live, real life
I don't want to love online
I wonder what you're like
'Cause a screen doesn't show what a heart does
I just wanna live, real life
I don't want to love online
I wonder what you're like
'Cause a screen doesn't show what a heart does (No)
[Instrumental Break]
[Outro]
I just wanna live, real life
I don't want to love online
I wonder what you're like
'Cause a screen doesn't show what a heart does, no
Love Online was produced by Cyrus Villanueva.
Cyrus-au released Love Online on Fri Sep 10 2021.
Love Online is about my desire to prioritise communicating and sharing love, experiencing other people in real life as opposed to through a screen. It came about in the period of time between my breakup and the relationship that I’m in currently. I was on Instagram and dating apps trying to meet new...