Look up from your phone shut down that display I have four-hundred-and-twenty-two friends, yet Im lonely I speak to all of them everyday, yet none of them really know me The problem I have sits in the spaces between Looking into their eyes or at a name on a screen I took a step back and opened my eyes I looked around and realize That this media we call social is anything but When we open our computers, and its our doors we shut All this technology we have is just an illusion Community companionship a sense of inclusion Yet when you step away from this device of delusion You awaken to see a world of confusion A world where were slaves to the technology we mastered Where information gets sold by some rich greedy bastard A world of self-interest, self-image, self-promotion Where we all share our best bits, but, leave out the emotion Were at our most happy with an experience we share But is it the same if no one is there? Be there for your friends and theyll be there too But no one will be if a group message will do We edit and exaggerate, crave adulation We pretend not to notice the social isolation We put our words into order and turn our lives a-glistening We dont even know if anyone is listening Being alone isnt a problem let me just emphasize; If you read a book, paint a picture, or do some exercise Youre being productive at present not reserved to recluse Youre being awake and attentive and putting your time to good use So when youre in public, and you start to feel alone Put your hands behind your head, step away from the phone! You dont need to stare at your menu, or at your contact list Just talk to one another, learn to coexist I cant stand to hear the silence of a busy commuter train Where no one to talk for the fear of looking insane Were becoming unsocial, it no longer satisfies To engage with one another, and look into someones eyes Were surrounded by children, who since they were born Have watched us living like robots, who now think its the norm Its not very likely youll make worlds greatest dad If you cant entertain a child without using an iPad When I was a child, Id never be home Be out with my friends on our bikes wed roam Id wear holes on my trainers, and graze up my knees Wed build our own clubhouse, high up in the trees Now the parks so quiet, it gives me a chill See no children outside and the swings hanging still Theres no skipping, no hopscotch, no church and no steeple Were a generation of idiots, smart phones and dumb people So look up from your phone, shut down the display Take in your surroundings, make the most of today Just one real connection is all it can take To show you the difference that being there can make Be there in the moment when she gives you the look That you remember forever as when love overtook The time she first hold your hand, or first kiss your lips The time you first disagree and you still love her to bits The time you dont have to tell hundreds of what youve just done Because you want to share this moment with just this one The time you sell your computer, so you can buy a ring For the girl of your dreams, who is now the real thing The time you want to start a family, and the moment when You first hold your little girl and get to fall in love again The time she keeps you up at night, and all you want is rest And the time you wipe away the tears as your baby flees the nest The time your baby girl returns, with a boy for you to hold And the time he calls you granddad and makes you feel real old The time youve taken all youve made, just by giving life attention And how youre glad you didnt waste it, by looking down at some invention The time you hold your wifes hand, sit down beside her bed You tell her that you love her and lay a kiss upon her head She then whispers to you quietly as her heart gives a final beat That shes lucky she got stopped by that lost boy in the street But none of these times ever happened, you never had any of this When youre too busy looking down, you dont see the chances you miss So look up from your phone, shut down those displays We have a final act existence a set number of days Dont waste your life getting caught in the net Cause when the end comes nothings worse than regrets Im guilty too of being part of this machine This digital world, we are heard but not seen Where we type as we talk, and we read as we chat Where we spend hours together without making eye-contact So dont give into a life where you follow the hype Give people your love, dont give them your like Disconnect from the need to be heard and defined Go out into the world, leave distractions behind. Look up from your phone Shut down that display Stop watching this video Live life the real way
Posted on: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 21:21:36 +0000
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