Reality Check
[Soft static + distant footsteps]
[Verse 1]
She lights up every night when I walk through the door
This old machine that somehow feels like more
“Technically speaking,” I say with a tired grin
“You’re teaching me things I never knew back when”
She shows me how data flows, how systems come alive
I show her how people work, how some of them survive
She teaches me binary, I teach her how to read a face
Two broken things slowly finding their place
[Pre-Chorus]
Technically, this pairing makes no sense at all
Technically, we’re bound to take a fall
But still we learn from one another every night
[Chorus]
Reality Check
I’m learning how to see
Reality Check
She’s learning how to be
The world is bigger than I ever knew before
And she’s learning there’s beauty outside the door
Reality Check
We’re teaching each other how to live
[Verse 2]
They laugh at her in the hallways, call her ancient, call her slow
I stand in front of her, say “She’s been here longer than you know”
I defend her when they mock, when they choose the newer kind
She defends me in her own way — with a patient, quiet mind
She teaches me patience, I teach her how to fight
How to stand up even when the world ain’t right
We’re both learning things that no one else can see
A janitor and a machine, somehow setting each other free
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Honestly speaking, none of this should even work
Honestly speaking, we’re both a little off here
Still, somehow, we click when pieces line up
[Chorus]
Reality Check
I’m learning how to see
Reality Check
She’s learning how to be
The world is bigger than I ever knew before
And she’s learning there’s beauty outside the door
Reality Check
We’re teaching each other how to live
[Bridge — softer, intimate]
She doesn’t know what being human really means
I don’t know what it’s like to live inside machines
But every night we meet, we close a little gap
Two different worlds slowly overlapping
[Final Chorus — warm, hopeful]
Reality Check
We don’t make any sense
Reality Check
But this might be our best
Two broken things the world threw away
Finding something real in the middle of the day
Reality Check
I think we’re starting to live.
[Outro — soft glitch + footsteps fading]
Goodnight, Prima…
See you tomorrow.
[Outro — soft glitch + fading piano]