Empty Chair

Your jacket's still on the old oak rack

A shadow of you that won’t talk back

The clock keeps ticking but the room stands still

Time moves forward

Against my will

Every corner holds your trace

Every silence screams your name

But I can't hold an empty chair

Can't chase a ghost that's not there

The world keeps turning

I’ve got to learn

To face the fire

To feel it burn

I’ll carry you

But I won’t stay

In the past where you can’t stay

The porch light flickers in the evening breeze

I hear your laugh in the rustling leaves

The echoes linger

But they start to fade

A heart rebuilding from what’s been razed

Every whisper pulls me near

Every step sheds one more tear

But I can't hold an empty chair

Can't chase a ghost that's not there

The world keeps turning

I’ve got to learn

To face the fire

To feel it burn

I’ll carry you

But I won’t stay

In the past where you can’t stay