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dead halo - dial up dreams lyrics

verse 1
why’s l+st always stormin’ my brain like a blackout shift?
raised by dial+up pop+ups, dopamine drip after drip
i was a kid tryna feel grown in them chatroom pits
typing “sixteen” at eleven just to feel like i fit

saw too much too early—no birds, just the bees with fangs
cl!cked through warning signs till they branded my veins
by thirteen the line blurred with a girl a bit older
back then the gap felt wide, every glance felt colder

she had her own motives, i could see it in her eyes
cheated on me often, said “that’s just how it flies.”
cut me deep for my agе, carved the lesson in mе
she wanted more than company, but it never sat right with me

i learned love like cl!ckbait: promise big, deliver pain
every tab another secret, every heart another chain
guilt in the cache, shame in the history—can’t scrub sh+t clean
so i numb it with work, with smoke, with a deadpan routine

now three lanes pull at me—heart, cash, hotline pleas
none of ’em feel like “the one,” just reruns on repeat
if innocence died young, what’s left to redeem?
i’ve been doin’ this too long—i just want quiet to breathe
hook
back when love was a screen glow, dial+up dreams
chasin’ typed hearts in the dark with no means
i grew up too fast, now the past won’t leave
what i thought was forever turned ghost on me

verse 2
i put myself in places i ain’t belong, just for the box
told my guardian i was with friends, but i was slipping past the locks
on her way to work, i’m praying, “god, don’t let her see,”
heart racing in the driveway, lies breathing out of me

i seen too much too young, now the numb is routine
love distorted through a screen, still lives in my dreams
back when love was friend requests and midnight calls
i was drowning in attention, tryna answer ’em all

then i fell for a story that lied about everything
truth bent like a ring—couldn’t tell what’s real from a spin
she’d play the victim every time, turn my doubts into blame
gaslit the room so hard i forgot my own name

thought my people were bugging—just jealous, throwing shade
then the full picture hit—nah, they were brave
i wasn’t crazy; she was going crazy on me
that wasn’t love, that was a cage dressed up pretty
hook
back when love was a screen glow, dial+up dreams
chasin’ typed hearts in the dark with no means
i grew up too fast, now the past won’t leave
what i thought was forever turned ghost on me

verse 3
hey, twelve+year+old me—close the tab before it tabs you
not every dm is a lifeboat; some drag you
some pretty profiles will tax you years you can’t afford
thinking “she’s the one” is a rigged little reward

when they say you’re bugging, they’re handing you mirrors
she’s not an angel—she’s a lesson with scissors
the right one feels quiet—no adrenaline riot
peace in your chest like sunday; your nervous system goes silent

she’ll make the past look small, like drafts you shouldn’t keep
turn “almosts” into footnotes you can finally leave
no invoices for love, no 3am therapy fees
just hands that hold steady and room enough to breathe

archive the fantasies, empty the cache and the grief
save your heart—don’t let a timeline be thief
when the real one arrives, you’ll feel aligned, not blind
and all those counterfeits ain’t sh+t—proofs you outgrew in time
hook
back when love was a screen glow, dial+up dreams
chasin’ typed hearts in the dark with no means
i grew up too fast, now the past won’t leave
what i thought was forever turned ghost on me

- dead halo lyrics

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