Spoken word intro This goes out to our long lost friend, David Eshner Verse 1 Headset's sittin' quiet on the desk tonight, Lobby's full but somethin' just ain't right, We keep an open seat like you're gonna show, Controller's cold, man, where'd you go Verse 2 Used to hear you laughin' through the mic at 2 AM, Screwin' up the callouts, we'd forgive you then, Now it's just the static and the losing streak, And a silence louder than you'd think Chorus Come on back, we ain't the same without you here, Nobody's singin' off-key when the beat gets clear, We don't care about the score or the L we're gonna eat, Just come back and take your seat 'Cause the crew ain't a crew with an empty chair, This is all we've got now, this little square of screen we share Come on home, Eshner, we just want you near Verse 3 I still got that clip of us howlin' at the moon, Butcherin' some song, off tempo, out of tune, You'd hit that high note like you meant it every time, Lord, I'd give it all to hear you try Bridge We ain't in the same rooms no more, ain't down the street, Just pixels and a mic, that's how we meet, And maybe that's the reason your absence hits so hard, This is all we had of you — a signal, and it's gone dark Chorus (softer) Come on back, we ain't the same without you here, Nobody's singin' off-key when the beat gets clear, We don't care about the score or the L we're gonna eat, Just come back and take your seat 'Cause the crew ain't a crew with an empty chair, This is all we've got now, and it ain't near enough to share Come on home, Eshner, we just want you near Outro So we'll leave the lobby open, leave the mic on too, Just in case you're out there, and you're thinkin' of comin' through
