Empty chair

(Intro – soft)

Yeah…

It’s funny how the things that hurt you

Still feel like home.

(Verse 1)

There’s an empty chair at the table

But I still set it out of habit

I tell myself I’m stable

But stability feels tragic

You left without a warning

Just a “maybe it’s for the best”

Now every single morning

Feels like weight inside my chest

I don’t call my friends no more

I just say I’m “laying low”

Truth is I don’t trust myself

When my thoughts start getting loud

I keep replaying last December

Every fight and every tone

How we both said things we didn’t mean

But still let ‘em turn to stone

(Pre-Chorus)

I say I’m fine alone

But silence cuts too deep

I swear I’ve let you go

But you still visit in my sleep

(Hook)

I’m talking to an empty chair

Like you’re still sitting there

Like you still care

Like you didn’t disappear

I’m holding onto thin air

Breathing in what’s not there

Room full of memories

But you’re nowhere

(Verse 2)

I almost dial your number

Then I throw the phone away

I don’t trust what I would say

On nights I can’t escape

I tried to hate you for it

Tried to blame you for the end

But the truth is I was scared

Of losing you again

I built my walls too high

You built your distance higher

We both stood in the fire

Too proud to say we’re tired

Now the only thing that stays

Is regret inside my brain

And the echo of your voice

Calling out my name

(Bridge – stripped down, emotional)

If love is supposed to heal

Why does it scar this deep?

If letting go is freedom

Why does it feel like defeat?

(Final Hook – more desperate)

I’m talking to an empty chair

Like you’re still sitting there

Like you still care

Like you didn’t disappear

I’m holding onto thin air

Trying not to break here

Room full of memories

And I’m stuck right there