Kitchen Table Ghost

[Verse 1]
Found your hat on the back of the chair
Dust ring where your coffee used to sit
All the stories that you never got to finish
Now they echo in this quiet little kitchen
You promised you would teach me that old card trick
We were gonna take that drive past the county line
I was saving every question like a playlist
Now they’re stuck on pause inside my mind (yeah)
[Chorus]
You left too soon, I wasn’t ready
Hands still small in a world this heavy
Got a million little moments that we never got to do
All these plans turned into ghosts of you
You left too soon, I keep replaying
Every almost, every “one day”
Now I talk into the silence like you’re in the other room
You left too soon
You left too soon
[Verse 2]
Your boots by the door still leanin’ to the left
Like you’ll walk in, laugh, say you overslept
I scroll through your messages at 2 a.m.
Typing out replies you’ll never read again (mmm)
Thought we had time for another backyard summer
Fishin’ lines, bad jokes, burned supper on the grill
We were gonna fix that truck that doesn’t run now
Guess it’s just another thing that never will
[Chorus]
You left too soon, I wasn’t ready
Hands still shake when the nights get heavy
Got a list of all the “somedays” that we never saw come true
Every road trip that I saved for you
You left too soon, I keep replaying
Every almost, every “one day”
Now I talk into the silence like you’re in the other room
You left too soon
You left too soon
[Bridge]
[beat drops to just guitar and vocal]
If there’s a porch light on where you are now
Do you sit there, watch me try to figure this out?
I’m growin’ up in the shadow of your last goodbye
Half of me living, half asking why (why)
I’ll carry your name like a worn-out jacket
Threadbare sleeves, but it keeps me warm
Every step I take feels a little like you
Walkin’ with me through the storm (yeah)
[Chorus]
You left too soon, I wasn’t ready
Heart still sore, but the love stays steady
All the things we never did, I’ll do them twice for you
Every sunrise, every sky I’ll walk through
You left too soon, but I keep saying
In my choices, you’re still staying
So I talk into the silence like you’re in the other room
You left too soon
But I’ll make more room
For you in everything I do (mm)
You left too soon

rap, Lo-fi hip hop / emo-rap / indie pop blend, male vocals. Dusty drum loop with soft sidechain sway, mellow chorus-drenched guitar and warm, detuned keys. Intimate verses in a close-mic confessional tone; hook blooms with stacked harmonies and a buried, wordless choir. Subtle bass glides underneath, tape hiss and vinyl crackle framing a late-night, soul-punch mood., hip hop, indie pop, soul, emo, lo-fi