Your life's a perfect 8 by 10, glossed over and airbrushed clean

A pixelated paradise on my little light-up screen

You don't know my face, you don't know I exist

But I know your dog's name and the birthday that I missed

And it's a curated kind of closeness, a carefully built lie

You're my favorite constellation in a manufactured sky

You say "I love you, guys" to the void, and I feel it in my chest

This one-sided conversation I'm having is the best

You're the voice inside my headphones telling me it's gonna be okay

You're the reason I'm still breathing at the end of a shitty day

You're the stranger that I know better than I know my own damn friends

This is a love letter I'm sending to a love that's more than just pretend

I bought the merch, I know the lore, every inside joke you've made

I've studied all your tells for when you're happy or afraid

I scream your lyrics back at you, my voice is raw and sore

From singing your damn heartbreak like it was meant for me, for sure

And it's a curated kind of closeness, a carefully built lie

You're my favorite constellation in a manufactured sky

You say "I love you, guys" to the void, and I feel it in my chest

This one-sided conversation I'm having is the best

You're the voice inside my headphones telling me it's gonna be okay

You're the reason I'm still breathing at the end of a shitty day

You're the stranger that I know better than I know my own damn friends

This is a love letter I'm sending to a love that's more than just pretend

"And the screen goes black... and I'm all alone in a quiet room again. You don't know the sound of my laugh. You don't know the weight I carry. But I know the brand of your coffee. I know the name of your street. You're the main character, and I'm... I'm just the set dressing. A ghost in your audience, screaming my lungs out to make sure I'm still real."

You're the voice inside my headphones, please say I'm gonna be okay?!

You're the reason my heart's bleeding at the end of a shitty day!

You're the silhouette who got me listening to bands like Paramore!

I know our relationship's parasocial, but it's one I still adore…