The Weight Of Empty Chairs letra

You coming home for dinner?
Hello?

Sunday dinner, table set for five
Four chairs filled, one stays alive
With my name on it, with my ghost in it
I smile, chew, swallow, don't show a bit

Mom asks how work's been, I say: It's fine
Dad nods like he always does, like it's a sign
That I'm still the son who got his degree
Not the one who stares at ceilings till three

But it's not three AM, it's seven PM
And I'm here, I'm present, I'm one of them
The good one, the stable one, the one who calls back
While my brother gets the we worry and the flack

I don't blame him, he's fighting out loud
I'm fighting in silence, that's allowed
That's what they taught me, don't make a scene
So I keep it clean, keep it clean, keep it

But who sets the table when nobody's home?
Who holds the weight when they're all alone?
I'm the chair that looks filled from far away
Come closer, you'll see, I'm hollow, I'm clay

Let me be the empty one, just this once
Let the silence win, let the talking stop
I don't need saving, I need the room
To not be the strong one, to not resume

The role, the script, the face they need
Let me be broken, let me bleed
If You're there, don't make me pray
Just sit beside me, don't look away

Tuesday morning, conference room, fifth floor
I pitch ideas I don't believe anymore
They clap, they nod, they say: Great mind
While I'm calculating how long till I unwind

Lunch break, bathroom stall, hands shaking
Not from coffee, from the mask I'm making
Smile at the mirror, you're doing great
The mirror don't answer, that's my fate

I got friends who call me the rock
The one they lean on when their world gets shocked
But rocks don't lean back, rocks just break
Rocks sink slow, rocks don't wake

I'm not a rock, I'm not a saint
I'm just a voice that learned to faint
In slow motion, so nobody sees
The collapse, the crack, the silent freeze

But who checks the chair that always stays warm?
Who asks the quiet one about the storm?
I'm the background, I'm the he's fine
The fine print nobody takes the time
To read

Let me be the empty one, just this once
Let the silence win, let the talking stop
I don't need saving, I need the room
To not be the strong one, to not resume

The role, the script, the face they need
Let me be broken, let me bleed
If You're there, don't make me pray
Just sit beside me, don't look away
(Don't look away)

Hey, it's me, I know you don't talk about it
But I see you, the chair, the table, the smile
You're not fooling anyone, man
I'm not asking you to be strong
I'm asking you to be here
The table's set, but it ain't home without you
Not the you, you show them, the you that's breaking
Come home, come broken, just come

I don't wanna be the empty one
I don't wanna be the only one
Who knows how heavy a full chair feels
When the body's there but nothing's real

So if You're there, don't fix me, don't speak
Just stay till the morning, till I'm weak
Enough to admit I need the light
Enough to admit I'm not alright
I'm not alright

You came

Maykon Paladino - Letras

• 3am Thoughts
• A Única Voz
• Coração de Concreto
• Feelings At 2AM
• Fim de Ciclo
• I Hate Who I Am
• Mente em Ascensão
• Meu Inverno
• Safe and Still
• Second Place
• Still Here
• The Weight Of Empty Chairs
• You're Enough