Empty and Lost

[Verse 1]
You stood on that front porch
Sun on your Sunday dress
I handed you those flowers
Tried to hide the mess
You smiled and said, “Thank you”
Like you always do
I felt the ground go sideways
Knew I was losing you
[Chorus]
Now I’m empty and lost, just an echo in a room
Talkin’ to your shadow, starin’ at the moon
You got the flowers, I got the thorns
You walked away, I’m left torn
This broken heart just keeps askin’ what it cost
I’m empty
So empty and lost
[Verse 2]
Your mug’s in my kitchen
Lipstick on the rim
Your coat’s on the chair back
Like you might walk in
I drive past your driveway
Then pull off to cry
Can’t seem to move forward
Can’t turn back the time
[Chorus]
‘Cause I’m empty and lost, just an echo in a room
Talkin’ to your shadow, starin’ at the moon
You got the flowers, I got the thorns
You took the sun, I got the storm
This broken heart just keeps askin’ what it cost
I’m empty
So empty and lost
[Bridge]
Some nights I swear I hear you
Laughin’ down the hall (oh darling)
But it’s just the old floor creakin’
And my heart recallin’ it all
[Chorus]
I’m still empty and lost, just an echo in a room
Ask your ghost the same old questions, never any proof
You got the flowers, I hold the stems
Bleedin’ from rememberin’ them
Till one day I don’t trace the lines of what we lost
I’ll be empty
So empty and lost

country, Dusty country-blues ballad, male vocals; brushed snare and woody upright bass under a slow, lonesome groove. Fingerpicked acoustic and a weeping slide guitar trade fills around the vocal. Verses stay hushed and close-mic’d; chorus swells with low harmonies and a faint organ pad. Final chorus strips back to voice and guitar, slide answering every line like a second, sorrowful singer., country blues, soul