[Verse 1]

The city was glowing, but I couldn't breathe

The silence I craved was beneath all the screens

My shadow grew longer the brighter it burned

I followed the noise — and forgot how to turn

[Pre-Chorus]

But there in the stillness, I started to see

That maybe the quiet was waiting for me

[Chorus]

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Take me back to when the world was quiet

Before the likes, the war, the endless riot

Where a heartbeat spoke louder than any screen

And the stars still whispered what love could mean

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[Verse 2]

I sang for the algorithm, I danced on demand

Tried to be perfect, but slipped through my hands

I traded my dreams for applause in the dark

But none of the noise ever lit up my spark

[Pre-Chorus]

So I shut it all down, just to hear my own cry

The first honest sound in a digital sky

[Chorus]

🎶

Take me back to when the world was quiet

When pain had poetry and joy had diet

Where time moved slow and faces were real

And love took its time to show how it feels

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[Bridge]

The silence… isn’t empty

It’s full of what we forgot

The peace you’re chasing

Was never in what you bought

[Final Chorus]

🎶

Take me back to when the world was quiet

Before we screamed into the void to try it

Back to the moment I first saw the light

When truth was simple, and wrong felt like right

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[Outro – fading voice + soft guitar]

I don’t want louder…

I just want…

Life.