[Verse 1]
Coffee cup
One plate set
Talking to the TV
Just to fill the quiet
Clock on the wall
Dragging past midnight
Every little creak
Sounds like goodbye
[Chorus]
It's the lonely nights that get me
When the dark starts asking why
Every shadow on the ceiling
Spells your name across the sky
But the worst of all the heartaches
When it really pulls me under
Is your empty chair at Christmas
And the New Year’s kind of thunder
[Verse 2]
Storefront wreaths
Sparkling on Main
Everybody laughing
I just dodge the windowpane
Your old sweater
Still on that chair
I swear I feel you breathing
Then remember you're not there
[Chorus]
It's the lonely nights that get me
When the dark starts asking why
Every shadow on the ceiling
Spells your name across the sky
But the worst of all the heartaches
When it really pulls me under
Is your empty chair at Christmas
And the New Year’s kind of thunder
[Bridge]
I make two plates on Thanksgiving (oh)
Catch myself and put one back
How do you toast to new beginnings
When all you want
Is what you had
[Chorus]
Yeah
The lonely nights still get me
When the dark starts asking why
Every silence in this bedroom
Feels like one more alibi
But the hardest days to live through
Are the ones we planned together
All these holidays without you
Turn forever into never