Reach For An Empty Sky

[Verse 1]
I lit a match
In a flooded room
Prayed your name
Into the fumes
I wore my knees
Down to the bone
Begging a ghost
To pick up the phone
[Pre-Chorus]
Every answered silence
Felt like blame
I keep carving out a space
You never claim
[Chorus]
I still reach for an empty sky
Throat on fire as I ask you why
If you’re gone
Why do I still ache?
Why does hope hurt more than the break?
I still reach but I touch no hand
Only air where you used to stand
If you’re gone
Why do I still bleed?
Like you’re the wound I still need
[Verse 2]
I tore your words
Right out of the frame
Burned those pages
Spat out your name
But in the smoke
I swear I saw
The shape of comfort
I thought I’d lost
[Pre-Chorus]
I scream
“Are you cruel
Or just not there?”
Every curse I throw at you
Is still a prayer
[Chorus]
I still reach for an empty sky
Throat on fire as I ask you why
If you’re gone
Why do I still ache?
Why does hope hurt more than the break?
I still reach but I touch no hand
Only air where you used to stand
If you’re gone
Why do I still bleed?
Like you’re the wound I still need
[Bridge]
[Beat drops out
Vocal alone]
Will you watch me drown?
Say something now
Say something now (say something)
I am not okay
Do you like it this way?
Do you like it this way?
[Band + synths slam back in]
I am choking on a faith that failed
Still addicted to the fairy tale
If you’re fiction
Why do you feel
Like the only part of me that’s real?
[Breakdown]
(yeah)
Answer me
Or bury me
Answer me
Or let me be
My lungs are raw
From calling your name
I hate this hope
But I cling to the pain (hey!)
[Chorus]
I still reach for an empty sky
Throat on fire as I ask you why
If you’re gone
Why do I still ache?
Why does hope hurt more than the break?
I still reach but I touch no hand
Only air where you used to stand
If you’re gone
Why do I still bleed?
Like you’re the wound I still need
[Outro]
So I stand in the dark
Hands up
Eyes closed
Talking to nothing
That still feels close

dance, Emotional post-hardcore with male vocals, jagged guitars over pulsing EDM synth beds and side‑chained pads. Verses stay tense and spacious with half‑time drums and distant scream doubles; chorus explodes into four‑on‑the‑floor kick, soaring melodic top line, and stacked gang shouts. Bridge collapses into glitchy, filtered break with raw, throat‑torn screams before a final full‑band hit and sudden drop to solo vocal., emo, post-hardcore, edm, emotional