Empty Seat In A Pretty Room

Lyrics

Verse 1
Painted walls
But the air feels hollow
Paper cups lined up
No one to follow
All these names on my cracked screen glow
Still this house keeps feeling like a no-show

Chorus
There’s an empty seat at my own party
Left a space like I saved you a story
All this quiet hanging from the ceiling
Used goods in a pretty room
Fake healing
If I laugh loud
Maybe I won’t hear it
That empty seat at my own spirit

Verse 2
Photos taped where the paint is peeling
Perfect smiles that conceal the feeling
I set out plates like a soft confession
Waiting rooms dressed up as connection

Chorus
There’s an empty seat at my own party
Left a space like I saved you a story
All this quiet hanging from the ceiling
Used goods in a pretty room
Fake healing
If I laugh loud
Maybe I won’t hear it
That empty seat at my own spirit

Bridge
[Cello swells
Banjo picks a distant
Echoing figure]
You said you’d stay ’til the candles drowned
Now the wax runs cold on the lost and found
I put on my best
But it feels like costume
Pretty frame
But an echo for a heartbeat tune (oh)

Chorus
There’s an empty seat at my own party
Left a space like I saved you a story
All this quiet hanging from the ceiling
Used goods in a pretty room
Fake healing
If I sing loud
Maybe I’ll believe it
That empty seat doesn’t mean I’m defeated

Outro
[Vocals in soft unison
Almost a whisper]
Lights stay on for whoever comes through
Room full of ghosts
But I’m staying too