The Silence You Left Behind - ArlenaZara
The grandfather clock stopped ticking on the night you packed your things
Now the house holds its breath just the hum of broken strings
I'm walking through the rooms where all our laughter used to spill
But the echoes died with daylight and the air is deadly still
I'm picking up the photographs but I can't hear the shutter click
Just the sound of the memory fading, the final heavy tick
And the silence you left behind is the loudest sound I know
It's screaming every word we didn't say, watching every tear I show
A deafening reminder of the space you left in me
It's the cruelest kind of torture that I just can't set free
Oh, I used to love the quiet but now it's just a tomb
The hollow empty silence that is killing in this room
The voicemail you forgot to clear, I play it just to hear your voice
A momentary break from this oppressive, awful choice
The world outside keeps spinning, they don't notice I'm undone
They don't know I'm living underneath a shadow, not a sun
I brew the coffee every morning, a habit I can't break
Two cups become one stagnant for goodness sake
And the silence you left behind is the loudest sound I know
It's screaming every word we didn't say, watching every tear I show
A deafening reminder of the space you left in me
It's the cruelest kind of torture that I just can't set free
Oh, I used to love the quiet but now it's just a tomb
The hollow empty silence that is killing in this room
They say that no news is good news, but they don't know my life
I'd give anything just to have the sound of simple strife
A slamming door, an argument, a scream, a single sound
Anything but the silence where your absence can be found
It settles on my shoulders, a weight I cannot bear
And all I hear is the absence of you anywhere
And the silence you left behind is the loudest sound I know
It's screaming every word we didn't say, watching every tear I show
A deafening reminder of the space you left in me
It's the cruelest kind of torture that I just can't set free
Oh, I used to love the quiet but now it's just a tomb
The hollow empty silence that is killing in this room
The silence you left behind
Echoing your name in my mind
The silence you left behind
Nothing left to find