Empty Room Confessions

Yeah...

The room still knows your name

It hums it back at me Every wall I ever leaned on

Still remembers who I used to be

I was sharp when I should have been kind

I was loud when I should have listened I held my pride

like it was gold

And let love rust in the distance

I mistook your patience for time

I thought sorry could wait forever Now your shadow leaves before the

sun And the nights don't end They just get heavier I see

it now too late,

too clear Every fault,

every fracture I made This isn't fate,

it's fingerprints All over the mess I became

I'm not begging you to save me I'm not asking you to

stay I just need you to know I know Why you had

to walk away If there's any spark left breathing In the ashes

of what we were I'd burn my whole damn past down Just

to earn another try from you I learned silence can scream the

loudest When you don't say a word to reduce I learned love's

not a war you win It's a home you don't outgrow to

deduce I chased ghosts of who I wanted to be

Left you waiting in the dark You gave me every honest piece

And I handed you excuses and scars Now every quiet hits like

truth And every memory cuts deeper I don't blame the rain or

time Or the weight of the world outside The mirror never lies

this much Unless you're brave enough to look it in the eye

I'm not begging you to save me I'm not asking you to

stay I just need you to know I know Why you had

to walk away If there's any spark left breathing In the ashes

of what we were I'd burn my whole damn past down Just

to earn another try from you If love is a lesson I

failed

loud and public But I finally get the homework When it hurt

enough to matter

I’d meet you different now With my hands unarmed Love ain't fast,

slow, or a bypass Just a man who learned love costs Because

he's on his own I'm not begging you to save me I

won't chase you through the pain I just want a chance to

prove I'm not that

man again If

you just give me what we had Some

believe I've changed somehow I won't promise you forever Just that I'm

this man right

now Stay close, I

understand Something's

gone that was there before But mercy ever whispers my name I'll

ask for forgiveness Oh,

I'll stay strong