Check, check.
Is the world still there? 
Good. Let it stay there.

Blue light bleeding through the curtains like a ghost
I’m host to a party of one, and I like it the most
Your "live" is a lie, a filter, a desperate plea
You’re selling your soul for a like, but it’s never for free
The street’s screaming names, the club’s an open wound
But I’m in the basement, perfectly out of tune.

Every notification is a tax on my peace
I’m signing the paper, I’m signing the lease
On this silence... 
On this beautiful, holy silence.

Oh, the luxury of being forgotten
While you’re all out there, climbing and plotting
I’m missing the "it" spot, I’m missing the "glow"
I’m the queen of the void, with nowhere to go
And I love it. 
Yeah, I’m the ghost in your feed
The only one who’s got everything I need
By doing... absolutely... nothing.

You look so tired in 4K, searching for a frame
A rented life, a borrowed face, a digital game
You’re terrified of the quiet, it’s a mirror too clear
You’re running from shadows, but I’ve got them right here
I’m dancing with mine.
While you’re chasing a ghost that doesn't have time.

You think I’m lonely? That’s your biggest mistake.
Loneliness is a choice that you’re too afraid to make.
I’m not "missing out", honey, I’m "opting out"
I’m the secret that you’ll never find out.
You’re the audience.
I’m the theatre... after the lights go down.

Oh, the luxury of being forgotten
While you’re all out there, climbing and plotting
I’m missing the "it" spot, I’m missing the "glow"
I’m the queen of the void, with nowhere to go
And I love it.

Stay out there. Keep shouting.
I can’t hear you... 
And it’s the most beautiful song I’ve ever heard.

The Luxury of Being Forgotten

PRAY TO GOD  (5)

as you wake from a starless midnight
into a brand new day of light
swing the sword that heals, not the steel that wounds
Let this Christmas bring compassion
Let this Christmas bring you peace
For all those around us, let love be what we feel

so shine your light this Christmas
let your light fall upon the darkness
your tears are mine, your tears are mine
We will walk into the ocean
And let the saltwater wash those tears away
on christmas day, on christmas day

as tyrants fall another grows
in the cracks where we look away
apathy becomes their soil
blindness helps them seize the day
so find the courage to stand unbroken
shape a future none can borrow
for silence never ends the sorrow
and the poor chisel can't carve our tomorrow

so shine your light this christmas
let your light fall upon the darkness
your tears are mine, your tears are mine
We will walk into the ocean
And let the saltwater wash those tears away
on christmas day, on christmas day

so shine your light this Christmas
let your light fall upon the darkness
your tears are mine, your tears are mine
We will walk into the ocean
And let the saltwater wash those tears away
on christmas day, on christmas day

so shine your light this Christmas
let your light fall upon the darkness
your tears are mine, your pain is mine
we will walk into the ocean
and let the saltwater wash those tears away
on christmas day, on christmas day

let the saltwater wash your tears away
on christmas day, this christmas day

Selfless

G.E.M.