Verse 1
Tere
Akhaan moore zindagi
tu ohnu pehlan jyo la
(Your life is in front of your eyes, live it to the fullest)
Je hathon nikal gyi
Te milna ni duja mauka
(If it slips out of your hands, there are no second chances here)
Owein taan phone utte
Kinne tere yaar ne
Jadd hunda band
Kala kaun tere naal khalota
(You’ve got so many friends on your phone, but when you lock yourself alone, how many of them are still with you?)
Labda firda pyaar duje lokaan di tu haami ch
Jalda jadd tainu khoobi disdi
Hassda mildi khaami jadd
(You seek validation from other people agreeing with your opinions, you get jealous when you see someone growing but you laugh when you see someone struggling)
Oh mere veer akhaan khol ke tu vekh lai
Disda jo phone te oh saara kujj fake aee
(Open your eyes and see, the life that you’re living on your phone isn’t real life)
Pre-CHORUS
We are empty vessels
About to break
With each new hit
This noise we make
We’ve reached our limits
Our smiles are fake
We are slaves to our phones
Fuck this digital age!
CHORUS
Be right back my phone is calling
A tempting trap that I always fall in
In real life, I just keep on scrolling
I’m used to this cycle of haunting,
My nights, my days, or any other places
Are darkened by the brightest screens now
Millions to like and millions to follow
Red or blue is the pill I have swallowed!
Verse 2
Jede yaar veli hunde seege kol
Hogye vakh
Kinne saal vichon lange vekhe
Yaaran da ikath
(All the friends you had are now in different parts of the world and it has been years since you all hung out together)
Shaami roz mehfilan si lagdi
Lagde ni call
Kiddi galti kidey sarr
Kinnu ki kave kaun hun
(You used to hang out every evening but now you don’t even have time for a call, who is to blame for all of this?)
Yeah I’m busy life’s been mad
Fer vi scroll karda rainda
Mintaan ton ghante hunde
Ghante da rainda ni hisaab hun
(You say you’re busy but you are still scrolling on your phone always and minutes turn into hours without you even realizing)
Jo sama seega yaadan banaun da oh lang geya
Yaad karan leyi vi koi ni yaadan
Tere kol hun
(The time to make lifelong memories has unfortunately slipped away now, even if you want to look back on moments to reminisce, you don’t have any)
Pre-CHORUS
We are empty vessels
About to break
With each new hit
This noise we make
We’ve reached our limits
Our smiles are fake
We are slaves to our phones
Fuck this digital age!
CHORUS
Be right back my phone is calling
A tempting trap that I always fall in
In real life, I just keep on scrolling
I’m used to this cycle of haunting,
My nights, my days, or any other places
Are darkened by the brightest screens now
Millions to like and millions to follow
Red or blue is the pill I have swallowed!
Bridge
Do you feel
Growing hollow
Do you see
Our souls devoured
Do you hear
These wretched howls
Will you witness
When the sky falls, DOWN!
BREAKDOWN
“GROWL”
“BE”
“RIGHT”
“BACK”
Pre-CHORUS
We are empty vessels
About to break
With each new hit
This noise we make
We’ve reached our limits
Our smiles are fake
We are slaves to our phones
Fuck this digital age!
CHORUS
Be right back my phone is calling
A tempting trap that I always fall in
In real life, I just keep on scrolling
I’m used to this cycle of haunting,
My nights, my days, or any other places
Are darkened by the brightest screens now
Millions to like and millions to follow
Red or blue is the pill I have swallowed!
The End
P.S. The rap section (Punjabi lyrics+engish translation was written by Muzzle (Amrinder Singh Sidana) and the title for the song was suggested by Neelam Firdous Khan. I have written the remaining of the English lyrics and composed the song.
