The table had barely been cleared When the tunnel opened wide Buildings stood beyond the window With no street on either side Curtains moved in empty bedrooms Televisions burned pale blue Every room held someone waiting Like they knew we would come through Echo put her hand against the glass And every window answered back Empty windows Full of people we forgot Every light still holds a heartbeat Every room remembers us Empty windows Do not turn your faces down If the city tried to lose you We can see you from here now We can see you We can see you now Bram went still beside the doorway Keys shaking softly in his hand There was someone in a kitchen In a coat the colour of sand She looked older than his memory She looked straight into the train He whispered something I could not hear Then she touched the windowpane I thought you were gone Not gone Just removed Every name they cut from history Still has somewhere it can bleed Empty windows Full of people we forgot Every light still holds a heartbeat Every room remembers us Empty windows Do not turn your faces down If the city tried to lose you We can see you from here now I used to think forgetting Made the hurting disappear Now I know the ones we bury Only learn to wait down here Empty windows Let your hidden lights come on Every person they deleted Has been waiting all along Empty windows Keep your faces to the glass We cannot return your yesterdays But we will not let them pass We can see you We can see you now
