[Verse 1]
Dad was gone before the sunrise hit the street
Steel-toe mornings, chasing ends we couldn’t meet
Mom was somewhere in a world I couldn’t see
Living loud but never there for me
We had dinners with the glow of a TV
No one talking, just a ghost of family
No laughter echoing down the hall
Just silence dressed like nothing’s wrong at all
[Pre-Chorus]
We were breathing but we weren’t alive
Just passing time in the same four walls
[Chorus]
We were strangers in the same house
Different hearts on the same couch
Static love through a broken screen
That’s what family meant to me
No Christmas lights, no birthday songs
Just quiet nights that felt too long
I learned to live without a sound
When no one else was around
[Verse 2]
Holidays came like any other day
No traditions, just time slipping away
I stopped asking if we’d ever be okay
Got used to watching life from far away
Years went by and everything just cracked
Love fell apart and never made it back
Dad found a life with someone new
A different home, a different point of view
[Pre-Chorus]
And I wonder if he thinks of me
When he’s laughing with his new family
[Chorus]
We were strangers in the same house
Different hearts on the same couch
Static love through a broken screen
That’s what family meant to me
No Christmas lights, no birthday songs
Just quiet nights that felt too long
I learned to live without a sound
When no one else was around
[Bridge]
Mom calls now when she needs a hand
Says my name like I’d understand
But I’m still that kid in the empty room
Waiting for love that never came too soon
I built my walls out of what I missed
Every hug that didn’t exist
Now I’m older but it still feels true
I never really had a “we”… just “you”
[Final Chorus – Soft / Emotional]
We were strangers from the start
Different worlds, divided hearts
Static echoes in my mind
Of a love we couldn’t find
No memories to hold on to
Just pieces I outgrew
I learned to be alone somehow
And I’m still learning now
[Outro]
TV glow in an empty room
That’s where I learned how to lose
Frederick Koen
