This is a reflection

This is a reflection on the shift from community connection to digital isolation. Here are the lyrics for **IZ Wave Records**, separated into sections. ## **Human Again** **(IZ Wave Records)** **(Verse 1: The Golden Days)** Good old days, for the people who lived long, Before the young phonies came and changed the song. There were days we’d sit by the side of the street, Talking for hours in the summer heat. After lunch was over, you’d head out the door, To meet your friends, you didn’t need more. There was no such thing as a stranger’s face, Just familiar souls in a familiar place. **(Verse 2: The Village Mindset)** Your uncle was the neighbor living right next door, Your grandfather owned the shop, the local corner store. Social justice wasn’t words, it was how we lived, In the way we corrected and the way we gave. If you did something bad, you got set right, People actually cared, they didn’t hide from the light. They acted with heart, they stepped in to guide, There was nowhere for a crooked soul to hide. **(Chorus)** The world got smaller with the network we found, But people’s hearts are shrinking, pinned to the ground. We’re more distanced now than we are connected, The spirit of the neighborhood has been neglected. Take it easy, take it easy, Let’s be human again, let’s be easy. **(Verse 3: The Algorithm)** Your friends used to know your heart and your soul, Now the algorithm takes the leading role. It knows what you like more than your father or mother, A digital ghost replacing a brother. Kids spend their life in the glow of the screen, Missing the sun and the world in between. The sun made us healthy, it made us feel strong, But the screen leaves them confused, wondering where they belong. **(Bridge: The Shift)** We used to catch jokes, laughing face to face, Now we watch a stranger twitching in a digital space. Looking for a laugh from someone in the air, While the person right beside us gets a vacant stare. Let’s act and let’s be, let’s look around the room, Before the silence of the wires becomes our tomb. **(Outro)** The people around you are the ones who are real, Not the ones in the air, but the ones who can feel. Take it easy. Take it easy. Human again. IZ Wave Records. **Level up.**