Verse 1
There’s a wooden chair right by the wall
Just like it was before the fall
No one is sitting, no one is there
Just dust collecting in the air
I set a place, I poured a drink
Thinking maybe you would stop and think
And come back home, just like you said
But the silence is the only sound instead
Pre-Chorus
I keep looking over from time to time
Hoping to see your shadow climb
But the seat is cold, the seat is bare
Nobody’s sitting in that chair
Chorus
Oh, this empty chair
Is more than just wood and air
It’s the space where you used to be
The biggest gap inside of me
It holds the weight of "what if" and "when"
And all the moments that never began
Just an empty chair...
Waiting for nobody there
Verse 2
Sometimes I talk to it, just to feel
Like someone is listening, something is real
I tell it secrets I can’t tell the world
Watch my feelings curl and twirl
But it doesn’t move, it doesn’t speak
It just reminds me how weak
I am right now, holding on
To a ghost that’s already gone
Pre-Chorus
I keep looking over from time to time
Hoping to see your shadow climb
But the seat is cold, the seat is bare
Nobody’s sitting in that chair
Chorus
Oh, this empty chair
Is more than just wood and air
It’s the space where you used to be
The biggest gap inside of me
It holds the weight of "what if" and "when"
And all the moments that never began
Just an empty chair...
Waiting for nobody there
Bridge
Maybe I should push it in the corner
Maybe I should cover it with sheets
Maybe I should stop pretending
That you’re walking down the street
But I can’t let go, I can’t move on
’Cause leaving it empty feels less wrong
Than accepting that you’re really gone
Outro
Just wood...
And space...
And a memory...
In this empty place...
Empty chair...
Yeah...
