Hold On Tight (Feat. Wiz Khalifa & Foster The People)

Background: This track describes the parasocial relationship that often forms between an audience and the star. Historically, this type of relationship could be seen with movie stars and musicians. This track is a modern take on the social media aspects of that same phenomenon where the exchange of emoticons and emoji's are like a form of wordless, pantomime theatre.

[Verse 1]
I curate every sigh,
Stage-lit and sterilized,
A pixelated lullaby
For you to fantasize.
I slip into your silence,
A ghost in your applause,
No strings, no real defiance—
Just sympathy on pause.

[Pre-Chorus]
I see you scroll, I feel you stare,
This isn’t love, it’s solitaire.
You’re dreaming someone always there—
That someone isn’t real.

[Chorus]
It’s a parasocial pantomime,
You clap, I fake the perfect line.
I’m not yours and you’re not mine—
Just actors trapped in rhyme.
Echo chamber heart, replay my part,
Affection's just a scripted art.
We fall in sync, but never start—
In this parasocial pantomime.

[Verse 2]
You hashtag me "authentic",
While I rehearse your name.
I know just how to bend it—
Your empathy’s my game.
You crave a shared epiphany,
But I'm a one-way screen.
My soul’s behind a paywall,
And your love’s a routine.

[Pre-Chorus]
You're every comment I curate,
A feedback loop that masquerades—
As fate.

[Chorus]
It’s a parasocial pantomime,
You clap, I fake the perfect line.
I’m not yours and you’re not mine—
Just actors trapped in rhyme.
Echo chamber heart, replay my part,
Affection's just a scripted art.
We fall in sync, but never start—
In this parasocial pantomime.

[Bridge]
Lights up—
I cry on cue,
Bleed just enough
To comfort you.
Cut! Retake.
I own your ache,
But none of this is true.

[Breakdown - Spoken Word]
“This is not a love song.
This is not a dialogue.
This is a well-optimized mirage.”

[Final Chorus]
Parasocial pantomime,
You weep, I sell another line.
I’m not yours and you’re not mine—
But don’t we fake it fine?
Echo chamber heart, role-play the spark,
An algorithm hit its mark.
You feel me deep inside your dark—
But I was never there to start.

[Outro]
(Just an echo... echo... echo...)
Of the love you gave away.

Parasocial Pantomime (Echo Chamber Heart)

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Hold On Tight (Feat. Wiz Khalifa & Foster The People)

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