Where's The One Who Used To Call My Name

a raw, 80s acoustic ballad with a pop metal male vocal that can soar a note and hit a high register

[Pre-Chorus]
No purpose
No motivation
Nothing pulling me ahead
Just another day to get through
Another night in our empty bed

[Chorus]
Where’s the one who used to call my name
From the kitchen or down the hall
Now the silence makes my ears ache
Like nothing’s there at all
I’d give anything to hear you breathe
To hear your laugh break free
Everybody keeps on living
But the best part died with me

[Verse 2]
Time won’t slow down for my sorrow
It won’t let me go back
People say I must keep moving
But they don’t feel this lack
I go to work, I nod, I answer
I do what I’m supposed to do
But every single thought between it
Always comes back to you
No one waiting when I get home
No one asking how my day went
No one sitting on the couch
Just the space where you once sat

[Pre-Chorus]
No direction
Just surviving
Counting hours till I sleep
And even sleep just brings the moment
When I wake and feel it deep

[Chorus]
Where’s the one who used to call my name
Say it soft like only you could
Now the rooms just hold their breath all night
Like even they understood
I’d give anything to hear you breathe
To hear your voice find me
Everybody says “be strong somehow”
But strength feels empty

[Bridge]
I visit you on Sundays
Kneel down by your stone
I talk like you can hear me
‘Cause I can’t stand being alone
A rose, my hands, a prayer
Tears falling in the grass
I tell you things I should’ve said
I’m sorry for the past
Grief means that I loved you
If I didn’t, I wouldn’t care
But loving you without you here
Is more than I can bear

[Final Chorus]
Where’s the one who used to call my name
The one who held my hand
Now I walk through every day alone
Doing the best I can
If there’s a life I’m meant to live
I don’t know what that’s for
I just know I’d trade tomorrow
To hear you once more

[Outro]
It’s a tortured life without you
Just somebody left to miss
I’m still here
Still breathing
Learning how to live like this

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[Verse 1] It’s a tortured life without you The house is quiet and too clean Your shoes aren’t by the doorway Your coffee cup’s not in the sink I wake up and reach beside me My hand just finds the sheet Every morning starts the same way Cold and incomplete [Pre-Chorus] No purpose No motivation Nothing pulling me ahead Just another day to get through Another night in our empty bed [Chorus] Where’s the one who used to call my name From the kitchen or down the hall Now the silence makes my ears ache Like nothing’s there at all I’d give anything to hear you breathe To hear your laugh break free Everybody keeps on living But the best part died with me [Verse 2] Time won’t slow down for my sorrow It won’t let me go back People say I must keep moving But they don’t feel this lack I go to work, I nod, I answer I do what I’m supposed to do But every single thought between it Always comes back to you No one waiting when I get home No one asking how my day went No one sitting on the couch Just the space where you once sat [Pre-Chorus] No direction Just surviving Counting hours till I sleep And even sleep just brings the moment When I wake and feel it deep [Chorus] Where’s the one who used to call my name Say it soft like only you could Now the rooms just hold their breath all night Like even they understood I’d give anything to hear you breathe To hear your voice find me Everybody says “be strong somehow” But strength feels empty [Bridge] I visit you on Sundays Kneel down by your stone I talk like you can hear me ‘Cause I can’t stand being alone A rose, my hands, a prayer Tears falling in the grass I tell you things I should’ve said I’m sorry for the past Grief means that I loved you If I didn’t, I wouldn’t care But loving you without you here Is more than I can bear [Final Chorus] Where’s the one who used to call my name The one who held my hand Now I walk through every day alone Doing the best I can If there’s a life I’m meant to live I don’t know what that’s for I just know I’d trade tomorrow To hear you once more [Outro] It’s a tortured life without you Just somebody left to miss I’m still here Still breathing Learning how to live like this

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