[Verse 1]
You left your coffee by the window
Like you might come back for it soon
I keep the hallway light on after midnight
Still making room for you
I learned to read the quiet at the table
The pause before you looked away
I was reaching for a little conversation
You were already gone in your head that day
[Pre-Chorus]
Tell me, was I hard to hold?
Was my heart too much to know?
I keep asking empty rooms
What I did to lose you
[Chorus]
I want to be wanted when the room gets cold
Loved without having to earn it or fold
Don’t make me beg for a place in your life
I’ve been disappearing just to keep you satisfied
I’m not asking for perfect, I’m asking for true
I miss who we were when we all followed through
If I’m still your family, let me feel it tonight
I’m tired of being ignored while I’m standing in plain sight
[Verse 2]
I remember plates around the table
Your laugh before the evening changed
Those ordinary Sundays felt like shelter
Now every chair has someone else’s name
I kept the pictures in a shoebox
The ones where everybody stayed
I’m holding onto every little proof
That love was once this way
[Pre-Chorus]
Tell me, was I hard to hold?
Was my heart too much to know?
I keep asking empty rooms
What I did to lose you
[Chorus]
I want to be wanted when the room gets cold
Loved without having to earn it or fold
Don’t make me beg for a place in your life
I’ve been disappearing just to keep you satisfied
I’m not asking for perfect, I’m asking for true
I miss who we were when we all followed through
If I’m still your family, let me feel it tonight
I’m tired of being ignored while I’m standing in plain sight
[Bridge]
Maybe I’m enough without your measure
Maybe I don’t have to chase the door
Maybe the love I kept requesting
Was mine to give myself before
But if you hear me, don’t turn away
I’m still here, and I still care
I don’t need you to become somebody else
I just need you to be there
[Final Chorus]
I want to be wanted when the room gets cold
Loved without having to earn it or fold
Don’t make me beg for a place in your life
I’ve been disappearing, but I’m stepping into mine
I’m not asking for perfect, I’m asking for true
I miss who we were, but I’m finding me too
If I’m still your family, let me feel it tonight
And if you can’t love me, I’ll stop leaving myself behind
[Outro]
I’ll stop leaving myself behind
I’ll stop leaving myself behind