Family Tree

(hummmm) (ahhhh) There's an empty chair at the kitchen table

Staring at your keys,

trying to believe I'm stable They say the branches stay

when the roots depart But there's a winter chill freezing up my

heart We gathered in the hall,

speaking in a hush

Looking at the portraits,

crying at the touch

Oh, the leaves are falling from our family tree

Now there's only shadow where you used to be

We try to stand tall in the coldest wind But how do

we begin, how do we begin

When the strongest branch is broken?

Yeah,

sorting through your clothes,

putting boxes in the attic Listening to old voicemails through the static

Every memory is heavy,

trying not to break down

Wishing I could hear your footsteps in this empty town A piece

of us is gone

and we'll never be the same Now we only have the silence

when we speak your name

Just a shadow where you used to be...

Family tree... (ahhhh)

We try to stand tall...