[Verse 1]

I waited through the winters

The springs

The years

Counting down the heartbeats

Drowning in fears

Thought there’d be a time

Thought we’d find a way

But time laughed at my plans

Stole you away

[Chorus]

Now there’s an empty chair at my table

A ghost in the room where I once felt stable

I held on too long

Held on too tight

Now I’m holding nothing in the dead of night

[Verse 2]

You wore your vows like armor

I wore my hope thin

Dreamt of a tomorrow where you’d let me in

But the clock’s cruel hands never turned my way

And fate burned the bridge I prayed to someday

[Prechorus]

The letters unsent

The words left behind

Echo like a whisper in my hollow mind

[Chorus]

Now there’s an empty chair at my table

A ghost in the room where I once felt stable

I held on too long

Held on too tight

Now I’m holding nothing in the dead of night

[Bridge]

Your laughter’s a phantom

Your smile’s a scar

I chased you too close

Yet you stayed so far

The life we could’ve lived

It lingers

It taunts

But shadows don’t answer the heart that it haunts

[Chorus]

Now there’s an empty chair at my table

A ghost in the room where I once felt stable

I held on too long

Held on too tight

Now I’m holding nothing in the dead of night

Copyright September 24, 2025, by Stephen Craig Whitley – All Rights Reserved