[Verse 1]
Your bowl still by the back door
Hair on my favorite black coat
Echo of your claws on the floorboards
Plays in my head when I get home
Still talk to you in the kitchen
Turn like you might run in
Every quiet room feels different
Every shadow, I swear it's you again
[Chorus]
I'm walking with an empty leash
Hands still shake where your weight should be
Every step is a memory
You were my wild, my heart offbeat
I'm learning how to breathe alone
Say goodbye and still hold on
You were my world on four small feet
I'm walking with an empty leash (empty leash)
[Verse 2]
Your toy right where you dropped it
Can't move it, I just watch it
Sunrise on your favorite carpet
I see you curled up, I can't stop it
Friends say it'll get easy
How do they know you freed me?
You were my reason to leave bed
Now it's your collar on my wrist instead
[Chorus]
I'm walking with an empty leash
Hands still shake where your weight should be
Every step is a memory
You were my wild, my heart offbeat
I'm learning how to breathe alone
Say goodbye and still hold on
You were my world on four small feet
I'm walking with an empty leash (yeah, empty leash)
[Bridge]
I still open up the car door
Look back like you'll jump in
I still sleep on the same side
Saving space like you'll come in
If love is letting go slow
Then I'm still right at the start
You took your body from this house
But you're tattooed on my heart (on my heart)
[Chorus]
I'm walking with an empty leash
Hands still shake where your weight should be
Every step is a memory
You were my wild, my heart offbeat
I'm learning how to breathe alone
Say goodbye and still hold on
You were my world on four small feet
I'm walking with an empty leash (empty leash, empty leash)