**Lyrics:** [Intro, Clean guitar] It's quiet again I hate when it gets this quiet [Verse 1] Your old sweatshirt's on the kitchen chair Nobody moved it, so it's still right there I heard your favorite song in somebody's car For half a second, I forgot where we are Everybody says that time moves fast Mine got stuck somewhere back in the past I keep the TV on when I fall asleep 'Cause an empty room gets way too deep [Pre-Chorus] And I know the world won't wait for me But some nights I wish it would Everybody says I'm doing better I guess I got good at looking good [Chorus] On the empty side of town Every street still turns me around I keep looking for a face I know In every place that I don't wanna go And I hate how the nights get long When there's nobody here to prove me wrong Everybody left, but the lights stay on On the empty side of town [Post-Chorus, Ringing guitars] Still driving past Still slowing down Still looking for you On the empty side of town [Verse 2] There's a dent in the wall from a picture frame Took it down, but the mark still stayed Funny how a room can remember someone Even when everybody else moves on My friends drag me out on Friday nights I laugh too loud underneath neon lights Then somebody asks if I'm okay I say yeah before they finish my name [Pre-Chorus] And I know I can't rewind the years Or make everything stay the same But I'd give anything for one more night Before goodbye became your name [Chorus] On the empty side of town Every street still turns me around I keep looking for a face I know In every place that I don't wanna go And I hate how the nights get long When there's nobody here to prove me wrong Everybody left, but the lights stay on On the empty side of town [Verse 3, Muted drums] I found an old receipt inside my coat From that little diner by the road Two coffees, fries, and your handwriting You drew a stupid heart around everything I stood in my room and laughed for a while Then it hit me how much I miss that smile It's always the smallest things somehow That make an old memory feel like right now [Bridge 1, Half-time drums] I still almost call when something goes right Still save stupid stories you'd probably like Still turn my head when I hear that laugh Then feel like an idiot when I look back I thought getting older meant letting go But nobody tells you how slow that goes Some people leave and the world moves on But part of the room stays permanently gone [Break, Clean guitar] I miss who I was When you were around I miss having someone Who knew me without making a sound [Verse 4, Building drums] I drove past our old place yesterday The porch got painted, the sign got changed Some new family had the windows open Like nothing there had ever been broken I sat at the light till somebody honked Then laughed 'cause you'd say I think too much Maybe that's true, maybe it always was I just wish thinking could bring back us [Pre-Chorus, Building vocals] And maybe one day this street won't hurt Maybe your name won't stop my world But tonight I'm taking the long way home 'Cause I'm not ready to let this go [Chorus, Full band] On the empty side of town Every street still turns me around I keep looking for a face I know Even though I know you won't show And I hate how the nights get long When there's nobody here to prove me wrong Everybody left, but the lights stay on On the empty side of town [Bridge 2, Stripped back] I don't need some perfect ending I don't need to understand I just wish I had five more minutes Sitting there with you again I'd tell you all the things I didn't I'd listen more and talk less too Funny how you find the right words When there's nobody left to say them to [Instrumental Break, Melodic guitar] [Final Chorus, Full band, Gang vocals] On the empty side of town Every street still turns me around I keep looking for a face I know Even though I know you won't show And I hate how the nights get long But I'm learning how to carry on Somebody left, but their love stays strong On the empty side of town Yeah, the lights stay on When everybody else is gone And some nights I still drive around On the empty side of town [Post-Chorus, Fading gang vocals] Still driving past Still slowing down Still missing you On the empty side of town [Outro, Clean guitar] Your old sweatshirt's on the kitchen chair Maybe tomorrow I'll move it somewhere I said that yesterday too Not tonight
