Empty Chair

Lyrics

Verse 1
Your coat still hangs by the door
One sleeve on the hook, like you said before
I keep seeing you in the plate and the glass
In the half-made bed where the minutes passed
I talk to the room, it don’t talk back
Got your old number, I still tap
Thumb on the screen, then I freeze in place
Like the whole damn world just lost your face

Pre-Chorus
Say my name one more time
Pull me back from the edge
I’m standing in the smoke
With your words in my head

Chorus
Don’t leave me here
Don’t leave me here
I hear your name and my chest goes clear
Don’t leave me here
Don’t leave me here
I’d give the whole world just to keep you near

Verse 2
Now the table feels wrong with one less plate
One less laugh in the room, one less plate
I wear your grief like a borrowed chain
Heavy on my throat when I say your name
They tell me time heals, that’s cheap talk
When every hallway turns to a tomb I walk
I fake that I’m solid, I fake that I’m fine
But I break in the dark when I’m out of sight

Pre-Chorus
Say my name one more time
Pull me back from the edge
I’m standing in the smoke
With your words in my head

Chorus
Don’t leave me here
Don’t leave me here
I hear your name and my chest goes clear
Don’t leave me here
Don’t leave me here
I’d give the whole world just to keep you near

Bridge
If heaven has a hallway, save me a seat
If you see the boys, tell ’em I still bleed
I’m angry at the silence, angry at the sky
Angry that forever learned how to die
But I still carry you, right here
In every scar, in every tear

Chorus
Don’t leave me here
Don’t leave me here
I hear your name and my chest goes clear
Don’t leave me here
Don’t leave me here
I’d give the whole world just to keep you near