June And December

Verse 1

My phone knows when I'm getting bored

It shows me shoes I can't afford

A man explaining how to get rich

Then a video of a raccoon opening a fridge

My screen time says I need a change

I close the app and do the same

There's a thousand people I could call

But I send a thumbs-up to a message from last fall

I got seventeen tabs open in my brain

Three are playing music, one's predicting rain

One remembers something stupid I said

Back when I was seventeen and full of confidence

Pre-Chorus

And I don't know if I'm living online

Or if the real world's just killing time

But the battery's low and the evening's young

I've got nowhere to be, and nowhere's fun

Chorus

I think my phone knows me better

It knows when I'm bored, when I'm under the weather

It knows what I buy and the things that I like

It probably knows what I'll eat tonight

I think my phone knows me better

But it can't tell the difference between June and December

It knows every song that I've ever played

But it can't explain why the sky turns gray

So I'll put it down for a minute or two

And see if the world still knows what to do

The room stays quiet, the fan goes round

And I discover there's a whole lot of sound

Verse 2

My friend sends memes instead of speaking

His profile picture hasn't changed since the weekend

We make big plans in a group chat

Then nobody comes, and we laugh about that

There's a man on YouTube who lives in the woods

And a woman who reviews supermarket food

A guy who restores a completely dead car

And a child who can somehow play the guitar

I watched a documentary about outer space

Then spent twenty minutes looking for my toothpaste

I've got all this knowledge I don't understand

And I still can't open a jar with my hands

Pre-Chorus

Maybe we're all just looking for proof

That there's something interesting under this roof

Something to watch, something to share

Something to show that we were actually there

Chorus

I think my phone knows me better

It knows when I'm bored, when I'm under the weather

It knows what I buy and the things that I like

It probably knows what I'll eat tonight

I think my phone knows me better

But it can't tell the difference between June and December

It knows every song that I've ever played

But it can't explain why the sky turns gray

So I'll put it down for a minute or two

And see if the world still knows what to do

The room stays quiet, the fan goes round

And I discover there's a whole lot of sound

Bridge

I want to live somewhere without a signal

Grow a tomato, learn to play the fiddle

Get a little dog with a terrible name

And spend my afternoons watching it misbehave

But I'd probably take pictures of the tomato

Post the dog online and call him Plato

Buy a smart watch to track my steps

Then sit on the sofa and forget the rest

Maybe there's no way to escape the machine

Maybe it's part of the modern routine

Maybe I'll never go completely offline

But I could at least stop checking the time

Final Chorus

I think my phone knows me better

It knows all my habits, my likes, my weather

It knows every shortcut I take through the day

But it doesn't know why I walk the long way

I think my phone knows me better

It keeps all my memories stored together

But a photograph doesn't smell like the rain

And a video can't make you feel it again

So I'll put it down for a minute or two

There's a whole outside world with a different view

The sun's going down, the neighborhood glows

And there's a little more life than the internet shows

Outro

My phone lights up.

Somebody sent a joke.

I laugh to myself.

Then I put it back in my coat.

The battery's full.

The evening is gone.

I think I'll go outside tomorrow.

I've been saying that for too long.