(Verse 1)
I left the TV on to drown out the quiet
But the static sounds just like your name
I’m walking through a house on a soul-crushing diet
Of memories and pictures in frames
The dust is settling on your favorite chair
Like a winter that won't ever end
I’m reaching out for smoke, I’m breathing in air
That tastes like a lover and friend.
(Pre-Chorus)
I used to complain that you talked way too much
Now I’d give my life just to hear one"hello"
I’m losing my mind and I’m losing my touch
In a place where the shadows just grow.
(Chorus)
It’s the empty room silence, it’s louder than screams
It’s the hollowed-out space where we whispered our dreams
I’m a king of a castle made out of sand
Watching the hourglass slip through my hand
No footsteps coming down the hall
No shadows dancing on the wall
Just the heavy, the cold, and the blue
In this empty room silence without you.
(Verse 2)
I found a bobby pin under the bed
And I held it like it was a prize
A million"I love yous" that should have been said
Are burning the back of my eyes
The closet is half-empty, a gap in the rows
Where your summer lace dresses once hung
Now I’m the only one here who knows
The song that we left half-unsung.
(Bridge)
They tell me to move, they tell me to breathe
But the walls are closing in tight
It’s hard to believe that you’d actually leave
In the middle of a Tuesday night.
(Outro)
So quiet...
I can hear my heart breaking.
So quiet...
It’s a sound I’m not making.
Just the walls.
Just the floor.
Just the lock on the door.
Empty room...
Empty me.
