[Verse 1] On a table in the kitchen sits a man that’s staring into nothing, He’s got a cold coffee cup with some old booze and some painkillers. He’s numb, but he’s got something he can’t escape, Deep inside him, he knows it’s too late. He didn’t pull the trigger last night, but it was close, He wanted an end with a gravestone, some dirt and a single rose. But he gave it one more day, He don’t expect any miracle, but he wishes the emptiness would go away. [Verse 2] With closed eyes he enters his own little world, Far away from what stings and what hurts. There’s people that care, there’s love in the air, He’s not alone there. He’s used to pain, but it’s the emptiness he fears, So he drifts to his place where there’s no sadness, just grace. Where someone listens to what he says. In reality, he always hides away, He can’t face the new world – he doesn’t find his place. [Chorus] One more day, he stays alive, In love’s absence, he survives. No one’s near, he hides in the shade, Still he prays the silence will fade. [Verse 3] Once upon a time, he had a life, He was in love once, but he never found a wife. He was silent and shy, he was honest and never lied, But he had no one – they all died. So he hides in his little block of flats, He walks the streets at night, picking bottles to the morning light. Unseen, lonely and shy, He hides and sleeps all day. Nobody knows his name, He’s just another that has lost his way. He’s not angry, he just wants someone to say: “Good morning, have a good day,” Or someone to ask if he’s okay. [Chorus – repeat] One more day, he stays alive, In love’s absence, he survives. No one’s near, he hides in the shade, Still he prays the silence will fade. [Bridge] He’s not asking for much, Just a touch, just a word, just a voice. A sign that he’s not invisible – That he’s still got a choice. [Final Chorus – optional soft or layered ending] One more day, he stays alive, In love’s absence, he survives. No one’s near, he hides in the shade, Still he prays the silence will fade.
