[Verse 1]
And he was dreaming of the real thing
While he sitting there staring at the ceiling
Images and videos to make him feel things
Chilling in a chat room on the weekend
He want a love like you see on the TV screen
How to get it?
Alone in a world where nobody see the virtue of a boy in love
How pathetic
And she was dreaming of the real thing
Popping pills so that she don’t gotta feel things
Feeling numb 'cause somebody made her feel things
Now she don’t know how to cope with all these feelings
But when she log on she can be someone else
About the only place she can leave from herself
And on a night when the stars aligned
They both logged on at half past nine
And they met online

[Verse 2]
What they have is little mixed blessing
Late night texting, and they romance over instant messaging
The slow dance begins, and when lights get dim
They escape from the daily stressing
They got connection that’s real
As the pain they feel, even though reality stay depressing
But when she gotta log off
It’s back to feeling off, gotta pop another anti-depressant
Now he don’t feel so alone
Cuz he knows when he’s home, he’s got something for his own
Even though the truth keep intervening
He’s craving her touch, but there’s an ocean that’s lying in between 'em
And she’s wishing for his hand to hold
Cause sometimes when she lets her mind roam she just gets so cold
He says I know I can’t be there by your side
But every night when it’s half past nine, we can meet online

[Verse 3]
She’s fading fast, she’s 'bout to crash
Pull off the scab, her soul gush out the gash
Alone in a world misunderstood
Prospects, they don’t look so good
And meanwhile he been daily on the grind
Push the pain out of his mind, 'cause he gotta get a ticket to ride
To leave his shallow life behind and make a dash
But first he gotta get this cash, he did the math
And thinking bout the future is what gets him through the present
Where he doesn’t have a presence and his past is omnipresent
Because she the only reason that he’s breathing still
They’ve gotta be together, he believes he will
And that night when her tears start to flow
He promises that she don’t gotta cry no more
Only a matter of time, and I’ma get myself a ticket to ride
And I’ma leave this life behind
And we can meet offline

[Verse 4]
Sometimes planes crash before they can take off
Sometimes hopes dash before they can pay off
It’s a travesty, the tragedy of living
Is that life’s unforgiving, and this was no different
Somebody made her feel things, left her with a burden
The pills numb her mind but her soul’s still hurting
He’s out of a job, and he’s falling apart, he’s afflicted
Alone and he’s getting evicted
When the weight gets too heavy to hold, we try to share
But the weight was too heavy to bear, so to spare themselves
They made a pact, a desperate act
A last-ditch tactic, and the way they planned it
Was to leap at the promised time
And it gave them the peace of mind
To know that they were finally gonna be united
Put the grief behind, and when the clock struck half past nine
They met offline

[Outro]
Well maybe we can’t board a plane
But we can get off this plane
I said we gotta take a leap of faith
If we ever wanna leave this place
And maybe we can't board a plane
But we can get off this plane
And we gotta take a leap of faith