When the cold night comes
I turn on a single light
In a room where no words remain
I sit here all alone
Touching a cup of coffee
That has long since gone cold
Once again I quietly
Let another day go by
People are laughing somewhere
While I speak less and less
Only the familiar empty space
Keeps growing in silence
Beyond the rain-stained window
The city lights begin to sway
And with a single thought of you
My heart is soaked again
With every passing moment
Only familiarity remains
Even a simple phone call
Becomes something I wait for
It would have been enough
Just to have someone by my side
Even the shortest silence
Could have kept my heart warm
If only once you asked how I was
If only once you called my name
Perhaps I would not have become
So accustomed to loneliness
Now when the night arrives
I cannot fall asleep
The lights outside my window
Keep spreading through the dark
So I look up at the sky
And wait for dawn to come
Holding my breath in silence
Through another sleepless night
Maybe someday, somehow
Someone will knock upon my door
So I remain in that familiar place
Quietly gathering myself once more
Even after I am gone
A lonely chair will still remain
And if you ever see it there
Please remember this
That here once lived a person
Who longed for someone deeply
And carried that longing
Until the very end.
