[Intro]
(Soft piano chords, brushed drums enter gently)
[Verse 1]
The clock ticks slow on the mantelpiece
A sound that only amplifies the peace... the wrong kind of peace
This room's too big, feels hollow and bare
Since you vanished, left just an empty chair
I pour two coffees out of habit now
Stare at your picture, wonder where and how
You spend your evenings, beneath what sky
While I just sit here, asking "Why?"
[Chorus]
Oh, the silence screams your name
This missing you, it's more than just a game
Of memories that flicker and then fade
A heavy price for the memories we made
This emptiness, a constant, aching weight
Without you here, it seals my lonely fate
Just an empty chair, where your smile used to glow
And a love that lingers, with nowhere left to go
[Verse 2]
Sunlight slants through the dusty pane
Highlights the dust on your forgotten train
Of books and trinkets, scattered on the floor
Remnants of a life that's here no more
I catch your scent sometimes on the evening breeze
Or hear your whisper rustling through the trees
A phantom presence, haunting every room
Deepening the edges of this gloom
[Chorus]
Oh, the silence screams your name
This missing you, it's more than just a game
Of memories that flicker and then fade
A heavy price for the memories we made
This emptiness, a constant, aching weight
Without you here, it seals my lonely fate
Just an empty chair, where your smile used to glow
And a love that lingers, with nowhere left to go
[Bridge]
(Instrumental break: Piano solo explores melancholic chords, saxophone enters with a yearning, bluesy lament, brushes maintain a slow, heartbeat rhythm)
How do you measure the space someone leaves?
Not in square footage, but in the heart that grieves
In every shadow, in every song half-heard
In the unspoken, the missing word...
[Chorus]
Oh, the silence screams your name
This missing you, it's more than just a game
Of memories that flicker and then fade
A heavy price for the memories we made
This emptiness, a constant, aching weight
Without you here, it seals my lonely fate
Just an empty chair, where your smile used to glow
And a love that lingers, with nowhere left to go
[Outro]
(Piano returns softly beneath the final vocal lines, saxophone echoes faintly, drums fade out)
The clock ticks on... the empty chair remains...
Through quiet sunsets... and soft, falling rains...
I still hear your laughter... hanging in the air...
Around... that... empty... chair...
(Piano chord hangs, then fades to silence)
