Pictures of Mountains

I sit in my car outside restaurants and bars

Reading about what's inside

I look up opinions about news and religion

So I don't have to use my own mind

I should call my friends but I read their posts instead

Like dancing a waltz with no partner

Nobody's holding your hand

Like singing duets as a solo

The harmonies just in your head

It's almost as if I have been everywhere

Almost tasting the food

Almost breathing the air

But nobody's heart ever pounding

From that feeling of being surrounded

By pictures of mountains

People are messy and life can get heavy

It's easier to keep it online

Like checking the weather to see if it's better

Instead of just going outside

Pretend I'm unaware

But the truth is that I'm scared

Like dancing a waltz with no partner

Nobody's holding your hand

Like singing duets as a solo

The harmonies just in your hand

It's almost as if I have been everywhere

Almost tasting the food

Almost breathing the air

But nobody's heart ever pounding

From the feeling of being surrounded

By pictures of mountains

Everyone's right here on my phone

So why do I still feel so alone

A waltz with no partner

Nobody's holding your hand

A duet's just a solo

If the harmony's all in your head

I thought that I knew what a mountain was like

Till I stood in the valley and looked up at the sky

And I felt my heart beating

Faster that feeling I'd been chasing after

Something that no one can capture