Try Turning Me Off and On

[Verse 1]
Told my friends
If I flatline
Don’t you cry
Just call IT
Pull the cord
Wait five seconds
See if I come back talking

Dark joke on a bright afternoon
Laugh so hard that it feels too true
You say
“You’re sick”
I say
“Yeah
A bit”
But you’re laughing too

[Chorus]
If I’m ever on life support
Unplug me
Then plug me back in
See if that works (hey!)
Maybe I just needed one hard reset
To fix all these bugs in my head that hurt
If I’m ever on life support
Don’t panic
Just treat me like a frozen screen that’s stuck
Hit that switch like you’re clearing your history
Maybe we’ll both get lucky
Wake back up

[Verse 2]
Say I crash every winter
Blue screen in my own brain
You tap my shoulder like a keyboard
Asking when I’ll load again

I say
“Look
If I disappear
Remember this
Don’t be scared”
You roll your eyes
But you save the line
Like a password there

[Chorus]
If I’m ever on life support
Unplug me
Then plug me back in
See if that works (oh yeah)
Maybe I just needed one hard reset
To clear all the junk that I never purge
If I’m ever on life support
Don’t panic
Just treat me like a frozen screen that’s stuck
Hit that switch like you’re clearing your history
Maybe we’ll both get lucky
Wake back up

[Bridge]
What if it works?
What if it doesn’t?
Either way
You’ll say you tried
One stupid trick to beat the void
And I’d be proud you hacked my goodbye

[Chorus]
If I’m ever on life support
Unplug me
Then plug me back in
See if that works
Maybe I just needed one hard reset
To reboot the part of me that hurts
If I’m ever on life support
Don’t panic
Just treat me like a frozen screen that’s stuck (stuck, stuck)
Hit that switch like you’re clearing your history
And if I don’t wake up
You’ll still smile at the joke you loved so much
 

Written, produced - Rick Dean
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