The Empty Seat

​[Intro]

(Rain sounds, heavier than before)

(Turn signal clicking: Click... Click...)

Still driving.

Same road.

Different weight.

​[Verse 1]

The heater’s on, but the air is cold.

I’m feeling tired, I’m feeling old.

I reach across to the other side.

Where you used to sit, where you used to ride.

My hand just falls on the leather seat.

My heart skips a beat, then repeats the beat.

No hand to hold, no voice to hear.

Just the sound of the rain and the grinding gear.

​[Chorus]

The passenger side is dark tonight.

Nothing on the left, nothing on the right.

I lost the map, I lost the way.

I’m just driving through the gray.

Empty seat, empty space.

I’m losing time in this empty race.

​[Verse 2]

Passed the diner where we used to eat.

Now I’m just a ghost on this concrete street.

The radio plays, but I don't care.

I’m talking loud to the empty air.

I check the mirror, just to see.

If your memory is watching me.

But it’s just black glass and the city glow.

You were the only home I know.

​[Outro]

(Music fades to just the engine hum)

40 something miles without you.

40 something more to go through.

Just me and the yellow lines.

Running out of road.

Running out of time.