We all play at being perfect

He posts a sunset with the caption Tenderness Although yesterday I cried into my pillow He writes Business success inevitability But he himself is in debt like in chains up to his neck We all play at being perfect Putting on masks for every day But when the screen and the light go out Only a shadow remains I am also a sinner I counted the likes Thought that was my price And then I realized I gave as much As the wall stole from me From other people's pictures other people's ideas From the eternal race for mirages We have become a collection of news But we have forgotten how to be just with friends Stop Remove the filter Show me who you are Without embellishment without poses Without fake stars Remove the filter from your soul I want to see the light That is within you and not in stories Remove the filter from love give me a simple answer Are you with me or just for the masses Remove the filter from your dreams stop choosing What's fashionable comfortable beautiful Remove the filter from yourself learn to trust To be alive real happy She was waiting for a prince from the cover And he was looking for a model from Instagram They met brought their eyebrows and legs together And a month later empty sheets of paper Because you can't put a heart On something that doesn't warm doesn't beat doesn't breathe We've forgotten how to hear words That are quieter than a whisper on the roof I remember the times when there was no Internet When we met with eyes not fingers When you could just walk And not think about who was behind the likes and scandals Now everything is different we are slaves to numbers We believe in ratings not in eyes But to be honest the main point Is not how many of us, but who is on our side Stop Remove the filter Turn off your phone Look at the world It's not in the feed it's out there Take the filter off your soul I want to see the light Which is within you and not in stories Take the filter off love - give me a simple answer Are you with me or just for the masses Take the filter off your dreams stop choosing What is fashionable comfortable beautiful Take the filter off yourself learn to trust To be alive real happy Or maybe stop hiding behind screens Maybe it's time to see each other Not filtered not advertised But just people without fear Look at me I'm the same as you Sometimes weak sometimes wrong But I'm here without retouching without fuss Alive real having recognized you I take the filter off my soul here is my light It's not in stories it's here it's with you I take the filter off love give me an answer Are you with me Are you with me Are you with me I take the filter off my dreams and fly Not to where it's fashionable but to where they are waiting I'm taking my filter off and I want everyone here to hear it Take off the filter Just be Real At least for a minute