**After Everyone Leaves** [Verse 1] While everyone was here, There was always something next. Someone talking, someone asking, Somewhere for my thoughts to rest. I knew they couldn’t stay forever. I said I’d be all right. I meant that I could let them leave. I hadn’t thought about the night. [Chorus] After everyone leaves, They go back to what they know. I’m still here inside my life With no familiar place to go. Every thought I held away Has all this time with me. They go back to living. I don’t know what that means— After everyone leaves. [Verse 2] I hear the things I should have said, Then things I know I couldn’t change. I go through every one again, As if the ending might rearrange. They need proof that you are gone. I need proof this isn’t true. There’s another form to fill in When I barely know what to do. [Chorus] After everyone leaves, They go back to what they know. I’m still here inside my life With no familiar place to go. Every thought I held away Has all this time with me. They go back to living. I don’t know what that means— After everyone leaves. [Bridge] I don’t blame them for the leaving. I know they miss you too. But there are parts of life still waiting They can step back into. I don’t need another answer. I know no one knows what to say. I just want someone beside me When my thoughts get this way. [Final Chorus] After everyone leaves, I don’t have to say I’m fine. But I miss the interruption Of a voice that isn’t mine. I used to know what came tomorrow, Even on an ordinary day. Now I don’t know how to be here When there’s no one left to stay. [Outro] I knew they had to go. I wish somebody stayed.
