Bare Bones Release

Mmm… I never knew

that goodbye was coming…

First the messages got shorter Then the phone forgot to ring I

kept making room for people Who had no room left for me

Used to leave the kitchen light on Thinking someone might come through

Now I walk into the silence Still remembering all of you

You said I could call you

anytime

I believed you when you said

But the night I really needed you

I was talking to myself instead

I wasn’t asking you to save me

Wasn’t asking you to make things right

I just needed someone beside me

When I couldn’t sleep at night

You all left

One by one, the lights went down

I was calling through the silence But nobody turned around You all

left

When I had no strength to stand

I didn’t need you to save me

I just needed someone’s hand And I kept saying I was fine

While I was breaking down inside You all left…

Oh, you all left…

(oh, you all left)

Now the table looks much bigger

With those empty chairs around

I stopped checking all my messages

Stopped waiting for that sound I remember every birthday

Every laugh we used to share

Funny how the world keeps moving

Like you were never standing there

I don’t wish you anything bad

I just hope you understand What it does to someone’s spirit

When they reach and find no hand

I won’t say

I never needed you

That would be another lie

I was hoping someone loved me

Enough to ask me why I cried And the hardest thing about

it

Wasn’t learning to be alone

It was knowing all the people

I called home were already gone

You all left

One by one, the lights went down

I was standing in the doorway

Till the morning came around You all left

But I’m learning how to stand

I still wish that you had stayed

When I needed someone’s hand I won’t pretend it didn’t break me

I won’t pretend I didn’t cry

You all left…

And somehow I’m still alive Mmm… You all left…

And I learned to stay for myself.