(Verse 1)
There’s a dent in the couch where you used to sit
Your boots by the door don’t fit like they did
Mama still cooks for one extra plate
Says “just in case,” but we both know it’s late
(Pre-Chorus)
You said it was nothing, just blowing off steam
But nothing don’t steal a man piece by piece
(Chorus)
Now the front porch is empty, the screen door don’t slam
Your laugh ain’t echoing across this land
We lost you slow, like a fading light
Didn’t go in a day, you slipped out of sight
We called your name through the long dark nights
But the bottle talked louder than we could fight
Now the silence hangs heavy where you used to be
Addiction took you… and it took part of me
(Verse 2)
Your old guitar’s got a busted string
Like the promises you couldn’t keep
There’s a trail of dust on that county road
Where you drove away, chasing ghosts
(Pre-Chorus)
I tried to hold on, tried to pull you through
But you can’t save someone who won’t choose you
(Chorus)
Now the front porch is empty, the screen door don’t slam
Your laugh ain’t echoing across this land
We lost you slow, like a fading light
Didn’t go in a day, you slipped out of sight
We called your name through the long dark nights
But the bottle talked louder than we could fight
Now the silence hangs heavy where you used to be
Addiction took you… and it took part of me
(Bridge)
I still see you in every sunset sky
In the fields where we’d race till the daylight died
And I wonder if somewhere you’re finally free
From the chains that you couldn’t break for me
(Final Chorus)
Yeah the front porch is empty, but I still wait
Like you might come walking up that gate
And I’d say I forgive you, no need to explain
Just come back home, we’ll start again
But the wind just whispers through the trees
Your memory’s all that’s left of “we”
So I’ll hold on tight to what used to be
Even if addiction… took you from me
(Outro)
There’s a dent in the couch where you used to sit…
And I ain’t moved it yet.