The plea

After all these years, after the ghosts of our past

I thought the foundation was built meant to last

The journey ahead, the road we had planned

Why did you break me, with the same loving hand?

I used to picture us, gray hair, walking slow

Hand in hand, watching the seasons go

But now all I see are shadows on the wall

A future erased, watching everything fall

(Chorus)

Now all I see is an empty space

A void that’s bleeding, haunting this place

Baby, please, why did you do this to me?

The smiles I woke up for, the only thing I’d see

Now they leave me hollow, a cavern inside

Why, why, why—there’s nowhere to hide

What did I do? Was it something so wrong?

Or just a song that you finished too long before I was done?

(Verse 2)

Is it a hole in you, a dark need to fill?

Is it the love that I gave, but was never quite still?

Was it the way that I feel, the way I dive deep?

Centering my soul on the promises you’d keep

I was so young when I fell, and I fell so hard

Now I’m left standing in the ruined yard

I can’t bear the hollow, this cold in my chest

Baby, please tell me, put the questions to rest

(Bridge)

I want to return to the days on the shore

When holding each other was enough, nothing more

But the cold shutter falls, and it leaves us confused

With razor-sharp edges, jagged and bruised

The cut goes so deep that I can’t find my sleep

Awake in the silence, with secrets to keep

The longing inside, it burns like a flame

And it only knows how to whisper your name

(Outro)

Tell me why, what made you hate me?

Was I the burden, or the one trying to save thee?

The space is so empty, the bleeding won't end

I’m missing the lover, I’m missing the friend

Oh, why, why, why...

Just shadows left in the space where you lied.