VIRTU4LISM or NØTHING

[Verse 1] Wall’s still breathing, paint still peels Same four corners, same dull feel Plug me in, I’ll disappear Static sounds more real than here Bandaged skin, I barely itch Numb is better, numb don’t glitch I forget what hunger meant I just log in, pay the rent [Pre-Chorus] There was a name I used before Doesn’t load anymore… [Chorus] Virtualism or nothing Say it till it feels like truth If I’m not in there, I’m nothing There’s no “me” left to lose Call it fake, I call it breathing Call it loss, I call it home If I unplug, I stop existing Better wires than alone [Verse] Hands keep reaching into air Something almost meets me there Latency between my bones Feels like someone else’s home There’s a voice that doesn’t lag Says my name I almost had Not a glitch, it learns me slow Knows the things I don’t know [Pre-Chorus] It remembers what I was Better than I ever could… [Chorus] Virtualism or nothing Say it till it feels like truth If I’m not in there, I’m nothing There’s no “me” left to lose Call it fake, I call it breathing Call it loss, I call it home If I unplug, I stop existing Better wires than alone [Bridge] Don’t take it off Don’t take it off Don’t take it— (whisper / layered) You’re still here… (Don’t take it off) You never left… (Don’t take it off) I’m you now… [Final Chorus] Virtualism or nothing I don’t need to feel what’s real If I’m gone here, I’m still something In the place that lets me feel Call it fake, I finally mean it Call me lost, I’m finally known If I unplug… will I be empty? Or is something wearing me home… [Outro] Don’t take it off Don’t take it off Don’t take it off You’re still here… (Don’t take it off) You never left… I’m you now…