[Verse 1]
I watched the group chat fade
One name at a time
Same old jokes went cold
On my screen at night
You said “we’re family”
Then you moved like a stranger
I learned who stays
When the room gets smaller
[Pre-Chorus]
I cried in the car
With the windows down
Told my heart be still
But it broke out loud
Now I don’t chase
What keeps letting me down
[Chorus]
Empty seats, but I’m okay
Empty seats, I found my way
I lost friends, I kept my peace
I lost friends, I’m finally me
Empty seats, don’t call my name
Empty seats, I’m not ashamed
Let it go, let it leave
I lost friends, I found peace
(I found peace)
[Verse 2]
I used to read the signs
Like they were all on me
Every silent reply
Made my chest go weak
Now I keep my circle small
Like a ring on my hand
If you love me, stay
If you don’t, I understand
[Pre-Chorus]
I made space in my mind
For a softer kind of day
No more begging hearts
That were built to stray
Now my soul stands up
And it won’t cave in to gray
[Chorus]
Empty seats, but I’m okay
Empty seats, I found my way
I lost friends, I kept my peace
I lost friends, I’m finally me
Empty seats, don’t call my name
Empty seats, I’m not ashamed
Let it go, let it leave
I lost friends, I found peace
(I found peace)
[Bridge]
I don’t need the noise
To know I’m alive
I can hear myself
For the first time
If the door shuts hard
I won’t run behind
What was mine will stay
What was fake will die
[Chorus]
Empty seats, but I’m okay
Empty seats, I found my way
I lost friends, I kept my peace
I lost friends, I’m finally me
Empty seats, don’t call my name
Empty seats, I’m not ashamed
Let it go, let it leave
I lost friends, I found peace
(I found peace)