Echoes in the Filter

[Intro] Soft pixels glow, I stitch my smile in light Quiet heartbeat keeps the hours tight [Verse 1] Behind the filter, I’m careful and composed A careful posture, a life pre-disposed Every like a drumbeat I pretend to know But the real me slips through the data flow [Verse 2] I polish the angles till they shine just right Words on the screen keep the storm out of sight The clock marks moments like coins to spend Yet the mirror online won’t tell me when [Pre-Chorus] Who am I when the comments fade to gray? If I log off, will I still feel this way? [Chorus] I’m dressed in perfect edits, but I’m hollow inside Collecting vacant echoes where my truth used to reside If the screen is my horizon, what shore is mine to find? Searching for a real reflection I left behind [Verse 3] Capsule of me in a shareable frame I archive the ache, pretend it’s all the same The notifications bless a brief applause But they never learned the name I’ve lost [Verse 4] I whisper to the glow, “don’t let me fade.” Yet every response tips a mask I’ve made [Pre-Chorus] Who am I when the comments fade to gray? If I log off, will I still feel this way? [Chorus] I’m dressed in perfect edits, but I’m hollow inside Collecting vacant echoes where my truth used to reside If the screen is my horizon, what shore is mine to find? Searching for a real reflection I left behind [Bridge] Maybe there’s a purge of the curated skin A quiet dawn where silence lets me breathe in If I drop the pose, who do I become then? Could honesty revive what vanity condemned [Chorus] I’m dressed in perfect edits, but I’m hollow inside Collecting vacant echoes where my truth used to reside If the screen is my horizon, what shore is mine to find? Searching for a real reflection I left behind [Outro] Turn off the signal, face the night unframed Let the quiet pull me back to my own name