Hollow

[Intro] [piano, spare, haunting] [Verse 1] You're counting ribs through fabric Measuring what's disappeared Mapping out a stranger's body Where my father used to live here My reflection asks a question That I don't know how to answer You see a body vanishing I see where love had to go [Pre-Chorus] You don't know what I carry Invisible weight cracks bone My body keeps the score now Writing grief in flesh alone [Chorus] I'm hollow But hollow still breathes, still stands I'm hollow Grief carved me with its own hands You throw stones through glass already broken Think I chose to come undone No — I didn't lose myself I lost everyone Hollow and fighting Hollow, still here [Verse 2] The mirror holds his absence Every morning, fresh the wound They whisper that I'm wasting Like my grief must have an end You say I look like dying Death has been my house's guest Took the man who built my world Left me lighter than the rest [Pre-Chorus] You don't get to name my loss Or judge how grief appears My skin became the scripture For a lifetime disappeared [Chorus] I'm hollow But hollow still breathes, still stands I'm hollow Grief carved me with its own hands You throw stones through glass already broken Think I chose to come undone No — I didn't lose myself I lost everyone Hollow and fighting Hollow, still here [Bridge] [stripped, then building] Yes, I'm disappearing Yes, the cost is written clear But you only see what's missing Not the ghost who isn't here I wear his death upon this body Shadow sewn into my skin Judge the shell that stands before you You'll never touch what lived within [Final Chorus] [full power, cathartic] I'm hollow But I'll stand here in my grief I'm hollow This ache is mine to keep You throw your words like weapons At someone already torn I'm not hollow for your judgment I'm hollow for the one I mourn I'm hollow [powerful, defiant shout] And I'm still here! Still standing! Still here! [Outro] [whispered, fading to silence] Still hollow... Still here