[Verse 1]
Empty chairs at Sunday dinner
Three plates scraped
Five turned cold
Mama stirring up the silence
Like it’s something she can hold
One brother smells like last night
One just folds his arms and stares
One’s a ghost with his own babies
Sends a picture
Never cares
[Chorus]
We’re a broken frame on the mantle
Smiles that cracked in the sun
Brothers
Sisters
Strangers
Calling blood
But we all run
Pass the pain like mashed potatoes
Serve the secrets
Bite your tongue
Ghosts at the dinner table
Saying nothing
Then it’s done (oh-oh)
[Verse 2]
Sister swears she’s done for good now
Says that word cut to the bone
Other one keeps slamming doors hard
Painting hurt in black cologne
Baby of the house is princess
Never learned to hear a “no”
I’m the quiet one who watches
Taking notes on letting go
[Chorus]
We’re a broken frame on the mantle
Smiles that cracked in the sun
Brothers
Sisters
Strangers
Calling blood
But we all run
Pass the pain like mashed potatoes
Serve the secrets
Bite your tongue
Ghosts at the dinner table
Saying nothing
Then it’s done
[Bridge]
Did we ever learn to say “I’m sorry”? (hey)
Or just raise our shields and raise our glass
I keep waiting for someone to reach me
But the years just stack like dirty stacks
[Chorus]
We’re a broken frame on the mantle
Smiles that cracked in the sun
Brothers
Sisters
Strangers
Calling blood
But we all run
Pass the pain like mashed potatoes
Serve the secrets
Bite your tongue
Ghosts at the dinner table
I’m still here
But I feel numb