Left Me Standing At The Door - ArlenaZara
The room still smells like your perfume
Like you might walk back in too soon
I keep the lights on just to pretend
This isn't really how it ends
Your last words echo in my head
Soft and cool and what you said
I nodded like I'd be alright
Then broke down later that night
You walked away so calm, so sure
Left me standing at the door
I'm empty after goodbye
Like you took the air when you left
I try to be strong, I try to survive
But there's nothing inside my chest
No anger, no tears to cry
Just a hollow I can't deny
I'm still alive
But barely alive
Empty after goodbye
I folded us into cardboard boxes
Packed our love with old receipts
Every memory cuts like glass
When I touch the things you leave
I talk to you like you're still here
Say your name then disappear
I keep reaching out in my sleep
For a hand that isn't reaching me
You said time heals
I said maybe
But time just keeps reminding me
I'm empty after goodbye
Like you took the air when you left
I try to be strong, I try to survive
But there's nothing inside my chest
No anger, no tears to cry
Just a hollow I can't deny
I'm still alive
But barely alive
Empty after goodbye
Empty after goodbye
If love is real, why does it leave?
Why does it take the best of me?
I gave you more than I could give
Now I don't know how to live
I don't hate you
That's the worst part
I just don't know where to start
I'm empty after goodbye
But I'm learning how to breathe
One breath at a time, one fragile night
Learning how to believe
The ache still lives behind my eyes
But I won't let it be my life
I'm broken now
But I won't deny
I'm healing after goodbye
Empty after goodbye
Maybe one day this space inside
Won't feel like you still live there
But tonight
I close my eyes
Empty after goodbye