Look closer

Intro

Look closer

You'll find

Look again

You'll always find

Verse 1

I thought she was lying when she came an hour late

I went through her phone, I found a text that was vague

I thought she was pulling away when she smiled at someone else

I looked for a sign, I saw it in the way she moved

I traced her stories, I checked her likes at three a.m.

I read her texts like horoscopes, looking for me

The doubt planted a question

The question planted the thought

The thought planted the fear

The fear planted the proof

I wanted her to love me, I searched for proof she didn't

I found exactly what I was looking for

Chorus

Look closer, you'll find

Look again, you'll always find

You find what you were searching for

You see what you wanted to see

Look closer, you'll find

Verse 2

I think the world's gone wrong, I open Twitter, it's confirmed

I think people are cruel, I read the comments, confirmed

I think they're out to get me, I step outside, confirmed

The algorithm feeds me back what I already liked

My friends echo back what I already thought

My feeds confirm what I already felt

I unfollowed who disagreed and called it personal growth

I called my bubble "the truth" and the rest "the noise"

I never type "am I wrong" — I type "I am right"

I live in an echo chamber that repeats my voice

I think I hear the world but I'm only hearing me

Chorus

Look closer, you'll find

Look again, you'll always find

You find what you were searching for

You see what you wanted to see

(On loop, on loop)

Bridge

To see if you're right

You gotta search for what proves you wrong

Not what comforts you, not what soothes you

The truth doesn't like being flattered

It comes when you're not looking

But who really wants to search against themselves ?

Who really wants to lose what they thought they knew ?

Show me a man with strong opinions

I'll show you a man who stopped looking

Verse 3

She left, I was right

But I never knew if I was right because she was leaving

Or if she was leaving because I was searching for her to leave

Was she ever real

Or just the mirror I broke piece by piece ?

Did she lie

Or did I turn her into someone who had to ?

I built the proof, I built the end

The doubt I planted grew into the only flower I could see

The prophecy came true as planned

Just like I searched for

Just like I found

Outro

Look closer, you'll find

Look again, you'll always find

(On loop, on loop...)

Look closer