NYZA ORIGINALS
Screens Between Us
He watches her Instagram story from a different timezone, seeing her laugh with friends he'll never meet, his thumb lingering on the like button before he puts the phone down. She's typing a message at the same moment, deleting it three times, settling for an emoji instead—because some things don't survive the distance in words.
Lyrics
Verse 1
You're scrolling through my posted life at 3 AM
I'm watching your stories like they're oxygen
Finger on the glass but you're on the other side
We speak in likes and hearts, we don't know how to cry
Chorus
Screens between us, light years in a phone
Closing all the distance but we're still alone
Screens between us, you taste like WiFi
Would trade all your followers just to see your eyes
Verse 2
You typed my name out seven times and deleted it
I know because I know the way your mind exists
We're fluent in the language of the unsaid things
Every double-tap a prayer with broken wings
Chorus
Screens between us, light years in a phone
Closing all the distance but we're still alone
Screens between us, you taste like WiFi
Would trade all your followers just to see your eyes
Bridge
What if I turned off the notifications?
What if you let the signal die?
Maybe we'd remember how to touch without a filter
Maybe we'd remember how to cry
Outro
Screens between us
But you're still mine