Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Your boots by the door still wait
Same dent in the floorboard plank
Coffee ring on the dresser top
Your laugh like a hard-won tank
You were family in this room
More than a friend, more than a name
Bass in hand and heart on sleeve
You lit up every stage we played
[Pre-Chorus]
Now the amp sits cold and tall
And the quiet cuts too deep
I keep reaching for your voice
Like a hand I used to keep
[Chorus]
Empty chair, empty chair
Man, it hurts to stare
Empty chair, empty chair
I still see you there
Best friend, band mate
Good man through and through
Empty chair, empty chair
I’m still talking to you
[Verse 2]
You loved that girl, you loved those kids
Carried groceries, fixed the sink
Paid the rent, mended broken strings
Never asked what I would think
Roommate in the hard years
Brother when the roads got rough
You held us up with both your hands
And that was always enough
[Pre-Chorus]
Now the house don’t sound the same
Every hall is hollow steel
I keep saying your old jokes
Like a prayer I can still feel
[Chorus]
Empty chair, empty chair
Man, it hurts to stare
Empty chair, empty chair
I still see you there
Best friend, band mate
Good man through and through
Empty chair, empty chair
I’m still talking to you
[Bridge]
I wish I’d seen the black dog come
Wish I’d known how deep it bit
Wish I could have pulled you back
Wish this wound would ever quit
If love could drag you through the dark
I’d have torn the night apart
Now I carry every song we made
And I carry your hard-lit heart
[Chorus]
Empty chair, empty chair
Man, it hurts to stare
Empty chair, empty chair
I still see you there
Best friend, band mate
Good man through and through
Empty chair, empty chair
I’m still talking to you
[Outro]
One more beat, one more line
One more grin across the room
You’re gone from here, but not from us
Not from every tune
Details
GeneratedJul 16, 2026
Duration4:49
LanguageEnglish
Style
Southern heavy metal blues-rock with a slow stomping groove and swung halftime drums; verse rides gritty palm-muted riffs and a moaning slide guitar, pre-chorus opens into harmony leads and tom builds, chorus hits with wide power chords and a mournful singalong lift. Male vocals, cracked and soulful, doubled on key lines, with ad-lib cries and short delay throws on the hook. Iron-door hits, reversed cymbal swells, and a dirty bass surge into each chorus; mix is thick, warm, and chest-rattling with raw midrange bite., soulful, metal
Credits
Prompt by
TheBroken
TheBrokenModelAria v5.5
Prompt
A southern heavy metal bluesy song about the loss of a good friend to suicide. Soulful Layne Staley voice singing. Loss of a best friend and band mate. Roommate and all around good family man. Melodic
