Hollow Hands

Verse 1 – soft, breathy, barely above a whisper; fragile and intimate]

Oh, the winter’s settling in my chest
Quiet rooms where your shadows rest
I keep tracing every word you left
Like they might warm me yet

[Verse 2 – same softness, but with a hint of ache building in the voice]

I’ve been holding on to fractured things
Broken promises and worn-out dreams
Still I reach for you in memories
Where you’re not letting go of me

[Pre-Chorus – voice lifts slightly; gentle rise, emotional tremble]

And I’m tired of waiting on a ghost
Of wanting you the very most

[Chorus – fuller breath, more open tone; vulnerable but stronger than verses]

So why’d you leave me with these hollow hands?
Empty palms that never learned to land
All this love I couldn’t give to you
Now it’s spilling out, what do I do?
Tell me how to breathe without your truth
Tell me how to lose the thought of you

[Verse 3 – return to a soft, cracked vocal; like speaking a confession]

I’ve been whispering your name at night
Like a prayer that never felt quite right
Tried to bury every painful light
But you still burn so bright

[Pre-Chorus – same gentle rise, more pleading in tone]

And I’m tired of loving what is gone
But God, it’s hard to just move on

[Chorus – slightly more emotional than the first; voice opens with restrained power]

So why’d you leave me with these hollow hands?
Empty palms that never learned to land
All this love I couldn’t give to you
Now it’s spilling out, what do I do?
Tell me how to breathe without your truth
Tell me how to lose the thought of you

[Bridge – hushed, trembling; almost spoken, like confiding a secret]

Maybe someday I’ll let go
Maybe someday I’ll feel whole
But right now all I know is
You still haunt the cold

[Final Chorus – very soft, fading; tender and broken, like letting go]

You left me with these hollow hands…
Empty palms that never learned to land
And I’m trying, but I still fall through—
Into the shape you carved into

Soft indie-folk piano ballad, whisper-light vocals, slow build, emotional ache, intimate and raw, vulnerable, female