Empty Heaven by CathedralsInRuin - Zona

Empty Heaven by CathedralsInRuin - Zona

Lyrics

[Intro — church bell, clean guitar, distant choir]

I used to believe…

Somebody was listening.

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[Verse 1]

Grandma kept a Bible

Beside her favorite chair

Pages worn from years of hope

And unanswered prayers

She’d fold her hands every evening

And ask for better days

But cancer doesn’t bargain

And death don’t hesitate

I remember standing graveside

Watching rain run down the stone

Everybody said she was somewhere better

But I’ve never felt so alone

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[Pre-Chorus]

And for the first time in my life

I didn’t know what to believe

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[Chorus]

IS THERE ANYBODY IN EMPTY HEAVEN?

DOES ANYBODY HEAR OUR NAMES?

WE KEEP THROWING PRAYERS INTO THE DARK

AND WATCHING THEM FALL LIKE RAIN

I’M NOT ANGRY

I’M JUST TIRED

OF LOOKING FOR A LIGHT THAT NEVER CAME

IS THERE ANYBODY IN EMPTY HEAVEN?

OR ARE WE ALONE THIS WAY?

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[Verse 2]

The preacher said there was a reason

The suffering had a place

But I watched good people break apart

While cruel men walked away

I sat in wooden pews on Sundays

Trying hard to understand

Why mercy seemed so distant

And pain felt so close at hand

Every answer sounded rehearsed

Every promise felt worn thin

Like they were selling certainty

To people desperate to believe again

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[Pre-Chorus]

And every year the silence

Got a little harder to ignore

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[Chorus]

IS THERE ANYBODY IN EMPTY HEAVEN?

DOES ANYBODY HEAR OUR NAMES?

WE KEEP THROWING PRAYERS INTO THE DARK

AND WATCHING THEM FALL LIKE RAIN

I’M NOT ANGRY

I’M JUST TIRED

OF LOOKING FOR A LIGHT THAT NEVER CAME

IS THERE ANYBODY IN EMPTY HEAVEN?

OR ARE WE ALONE THIS WAY?

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[Breakdown — crushing guitars, emotional screams]

I KNOCKED ON EVERY DOOR

I WAITED FOR A SIGN

I SEARCHED THE SKY FOR YEARS

AND FOUND NOTHING BUT TIME

IF FAITH IS A FIRE

WHY DID MINE BURN OUT?

IF LOVE NEVER FAILS

WHY IS EVERYONE LEAVING NOW?

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[Bridge — stripped-down piano, emotional vocals]

Maybe faith isn’t certainty

Maybe doubt belongs here too

Maybe being honest about the questions

Is the closest thing to truth

Maybe heaven isn’t empty

Maybe I’m just learning to live

Without the answers

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[Final Chorus — huge emotional climax]

IS THERE ANYBODY IN EMPTY HEAVEN?

I STILL DON’T KNOW TODAY

BUT I FOUND STRENGTH IN THE PEOPLE

WHO CHOSE TO STAY

AND IF THE ANSWERS NEVER FIND ME

IF THE SILENCE NEVER BREAKS

I’LL KEEP MOVING FORWARD

ANYWAY

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[Outro — piano, fading choir]

I lost my faith…

But I found my way home.