[Verse 1] Magazines with bent corners Date on the wall goes stale My shoe keeps tapping the tile Your name is a paper trail A baby coughs in the corner A watch ticks loud in my head The fish tank circles nothing Blue glow on the plastic chairs [Pre-Chorus] I keep staring at the door Every time it opens It’s never for me [Chorus] Empty chairs, empty chairs My heart learns slow Empty chairs, empty chairs We’re still on hold Say your name, say your name Let me hear it now Empty chairs, empty chairs Don’t leave me hanging [Verse 2] Coffee gone cold in the lid My fingers know every crack A nurse calls three names at once Then the hall goes flat and black I read the same form again Lose my place at line two The clock gives up on moving I keep one eye on you [Pre-Chorus] I keep staring at the door Every time it opens It’s never for me [Chorus] Empty chairs, empty chairs My heart learns slow Empty chairs, empty chairs We’re still on hold Say your name, say your name Let me hear it now Empty chairs, empty chairs Don’t leave me hanging [Bridge] When you finally call us back I’ll stand up too fast Paper in my shaking hands Trying to make it last [Final Chorus] Empty chairs, empty chairs My heart learns slow Empty chairs, empty chairs We’re still on hold Say your name, say your name Let me hear it now Empty chairs, empty chairs Don’t leave me hanging
