Imaginary Friend

I’ve got a voice making choices for me
It says joy isn’t free 
I’ve got friends that I’ve never met
If we passed on the street would I even acknowledge them? 

I feel tied to the weight of a stone
But the weight is my own
I’d like to hear the song of the world
Like the breath of a house or the sound of the wind outside

So show me how it used to be, imaginary friend
Let me see the world before our elders squandered it
Take these concrete walls and draw upon them like a canvas
The only memories that I have are ones that you implanted

I’ve heard rumors of what it was like
To wake up to sunlight
All that I know is written in code
I don’t think I don’t speak I just purchase a download 
It goes to my brain so I know how it felt to be real