Frequency Zero

I checked the glass before the coffee was brewed / Five hundred opinions on a life in a feud / A billion red dots like a rash on the screen / Telling me exactly what the tragedy should mean / But the battery died or I pushed it too far / I left the metallic ghost inside of the car / I walked to the park where the oxygen stays / And buried the frantic, electric displays / The friction is fading, the signal is weak / I finally found the exact thing I seek / I hit the button and the universe froze / In the middle of the dance where the clarity grows / No more updates on the end of the age / I’m turning the volume to the very last page / I’m dancing alone in a house made of air / Without a demand or a burden to bear / The voices were heavy, a digital swarm / Telling me how I should feel or perform / But I’m not a circuit, I’m made out of bone / And I’m better at being completely unknown / I’m watching a bird on a physical tree / It’s not an image, it’s just what I see / The static is gone and the colors are deep / I’m waking up from a mechanical sleep / Now I can hear... / The beat in my chest... / Just the pulse. / Just the room. / Just me.