EMPTY ROOM II — "The Lights Are Still On"

Lyrics

Intro — voix basse, piano sombre
I used to call this place an empty room...
A place where every memory echoes.
I thought everyone who left
took a piece of me with them...
But I'm still here.
Verse 1 — Melodic Rap
I built walls so high nobody could break in,
But I forgot I was the one trapped within.
Every scar got a story, every tear got a name,
I smile in the daylight, then I fight with the rain.
I learned how to laugh when I wanted to scream,
Hide all the damage behind a perfect dream.
I gave my heart away like I had another one,
Then wondered why I felt like I was coming undone.
I was scared of the silence, scared of goodbye,
Scared that the people I love would eventually fly.
So I pushed them away before they could leave,
Then blamed myself for the pain I couldn't breathe.
Pre-Chorus — Singing
Tell me why I always thought I was broken...
Why every "I love you" felt like a token...
Why did I run when someone came close?
Why did I fear losing what I wanted most?
Chorus — Big emotional hook
This isn't just an empty room anymore,
I can see the light coming through the door.
Yeah, I still bleed from the battles I hide,
But I'm learning there's more than the pain inside.
I was the ghost living under my skin,
Fighting wars nobody knew I was in.
I thought love was something I had to earn...
Now I'm learning I was worth it first.
This isn't an empty room...
I'm finally making space for me too.
Verse 2 — Hard Rap
Yeah, I got anger, yeah, I got scars,
Yeah, I fell apart under these stars.
Had nights where my thoughts got way too loud,
Felt invisible standing inside a crowd.
I carried my past like a chain on my chest,
Always comparing my worst to their best.
I became my own enemy, my own judge,
Built a prison out of fear and a grudge.
But I'm still breathing, still writing my pain,
Still walking through the fire, still dancing in rain.
They can know my mistakes, they can know my flaws,
But they don't get to decide who I was.
Bridge — Rock guitars explode
I am not the goodbye.
I am not the scars.
I am not the nights
when I couldn't see the stars.
I am every time I got back up.
Every time I chose to fight.
Every broken piece of me
is learning how to shine.
Final Chorus — Full energy
This isn't just an empty room anymore,
I finally found what I was searching for.
The kid who thought he would always be alone,
Is finally building a place called home.
I still have storms inside my head,
I still have words I never said.
But I won't disappear just to make them stay,
I won't lose myself to be loved one day.
This isn't an empty room...
The lights are on.
And I'm still here.