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I remember a time
Before this constant noise
I was born on the edge of a dying time
We knew less
And we felt fine
I got my first cell phone when I was fourteen
A little Nokia
They were new and novel
No one knew the wonders they would bring
Oh you could customize your ringtone
Text a friend or make a call
Beat your high score on snake and that was all
I remember palm pilots and blackberries
I remember Y2K and 9/11
But nothing could prepare us for two thousand and seven
When Apple dropped a phone that was just a little screen
Click it on and get completely lost
In anything and everything

Screen Time is my only time
I’m aware of the toll it takes on my mind
You don’t have to tell me how much screen time
I’m getting
I would rather know how much time
That I’m not spending on a phone
Or a laptop or a tv
These mothafuckin screens are killing me
I take a walk or a hike and a see a nice view
Take out my phone and take a video
First thing I do
I can’t just be a human in the world
Just experiencing
Gotta validate my existence via screen
Dispensing
All my knowledge
My values
My fears
And the hope that in another
Hundred thousand years
Some part of me will still exist
Some part of me still might be missed
If I Lock it in the screen
It might have the power
To quiet my brain
For another couple hours
Oh, god

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from Now That's What I Call a Bunch of Austin Archer's TikTok Songs Compiled Into an Album Vol. 3, released February 4, 2022
Written, recorded, performed by Austin Archer
Mixed and Mastered by Chris Bjornn, Marmalade Music

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Austin Archer Salt Lake City, Utah

Austin Archer is an artist from Salt Lake City, UT, living in LA. He has been writing and recording music since he was 15 years old. More music can be heard at chthonicdeadhouseband.bandcamp.com usthieves.bandcamp.com
bosstv.bandcamp.com
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