Empty Seat Blues

I still look for you when I walk through the door,

Like you

might be laughing in the hall like before.

I remember the way you'd say my name,

And

how I'd act like it didn't change my whole day.

You'd steal my pencil,

I'd steal it back,

You'd make some stupid joke and I'd try not to laugh.

I never told you what you meant to me,

I guess I thought you'd always be there to see.

Then one day you were packing up your things,

And suddenly goodbye meant everything.

Now your seat is empty,

and I notice every day,

There's a thousand little things I wish I'd gotten to say.

Like how I liked your smile more than I let you know,

How I'd find an excuse just to walk you home.

I thought I'd have forever to tell you how I feel,

Now you're miles away and somehow it feels too real.

You're not just somebody I used to know—

You're the crush I never got to tell

before you had to go.

I wonder if you remember those afternoons,

Talking about nothing underneath the same moon.

You'd look at me,

and I'd look away,

Trying to hide how much I liked those days.

Now I hear your name and everything slows,

Funny how one person can leave such a ghost.

I don't know if you ever felt it too,

But I hope, somewhere,

you remember me and you.

Maybe someday you'll come back around,

Maybe we'll meet in some different town.

And I'll finally laugh and say,

"I liked you more than I could ever say."

But your seat is empty,

and I notice

every day,

And I still catch myself wishing you had stayed.

Maybe I was scared,

maybe I waited too long,

Maybe that's why you're still inside this song.

You're miles away, but somehow you're still close,

In every little memory I loved the most.

You're not just somebody who had to go—

You're the crush I never got to tell...

And I think you'll always know.