Virtual Lie

(words & music Joe Pereira)

Our conversation’s dying
online chat’s all you demand
you’re only looking at the world
through the small screen in your hand

why don’t we sit and talk
or even watch the world go by
for once be face-to-face
and not just live a virtual lie

Some day soon
we may come to regret
what we had
but now seem to forget
yes we had
an opportunity
meant to last
for all eternity

the screen in your hand is fantasy
with some truth thrown in the mix
its tearing us apart
and breaking what my heart can’t fix

why don’t we sit and talk a while
or even watch the world go by
for once be face-to-face
and not just live a virtual lie