Bored to Death

"A lot of my songs these days are about my phone," Eric Hutchinson told Songfacts about this track from his fourth major-label album, Easy Street, where he sings: I don't go out, prefer stare at my phone Afraid of what I might be missing at home Many could relate to this feeling of being transfixed by that magical device that is always by their side.

The "reflection" Hutchinson sings about here is both literal and figurative. "I'm constantly battling to find a mix of staying current, but also staying present," he said in a Songfacts interview. "I find the phone really fascinating, because one one hand it's a mirror for everybody, because you look at it and it's got all of your information exactly where you want it - it's you reflected back at you. But it's also a window, because it looks out into the world. And that's how I learn about the world and stay up with my friends in the news."