[Verse 1] They said your name like a prayer in the hall But I knew your face from the edge of the wall Not a late-night call, not a hand on my back Just a friend of a friend in a picture that's black You sat by the door, I sat by the coat rack You talked like you knew me, I gave you one laugh Now the room got small every time they say "gone" 'Cause grief loves a shape, even when it was wrong I keep hearing "we" in the stories they tell But I was never inside your private hell Never shared your meals, never knew your fear Still I hold that space like you used to be here [Pre-Chorus] And it hits me strange How the heart can blame A ghost for a name Then call that pain [Chorus] I miss what we were not I miss what we were not I built a whole loss On a bond that wasn't got I miss what we were not I miss what we were not Empty chair, empty spot Still it hurts a lot [Verse 2] Your hoodie in the crowd was a trick of the light My mind made a movie and cast us inside I played your last words on a loop in my head Funny how a maybe can dress up as dead I want to be honest, I don't want to pose I didn't know your favorite song or your dose Didn't know your mother, didn't know your fight Just knew how a stranger can vanish from sight And maybe that's the shame, maybe that's the cost I mourned the version of you that I lost Not the real you breathing, not the real you there Just a shelf full of silence and a borrowed prayer [Pre-Chorus] And it hits me strange How the heart can blame A ghost for a name Then call that pain [Chorus] I miss what we were not I miss what we were not I built a whole loss On a bond that wasn't got I miss what we were not I miss what we were not Empty chair, empty spot Still it hurts a lot [Bridge] Maybe that's human To fill in the blanks To paint a whole portrait From one glance So I won't lie And I won't pretend I lost a close one I lost the thought of a friend [Chorus] I miss what we were not I miss what we were not I built a whole loss On a bond that wasn't got I miss what we were not I miss what we were not Empty chair, empty spot Still it hurts a lot
