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Empty Seat

V7.6
Gary Robinson
03:48
2026-03-22
10
dream-pop, ethereal, reverb guitar, slow 4/4, breathy female
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[Intro]
0:00
Verse 1
0:16
You were always almost home,
0:16
Saying “I’ll be there soon,”
0:20
But birthdays came and drifted
0:23
Like the late-night summer moon.
0:27
Prom pictures in a frame
0:31
With a space beside of me—
0:34
I learned to stand on my own feet
0:38
Where you were supposed to be.
0:41
Pre-Chorus
0:46
Time don’t give back the moments
0:46
We thought were guaranteed…
0:49
And the kid who kept on waiting
0:52
Learned how not to need.
0:57
Chorus
1:03
It’s too much, too little, too late
1:03
To ever start again.
1:09
I’m not angry, I’m not bitter—
1:12
I just learned to live within
1:16
A world that kept on turning
1:20
While you weren’t there for me.
1:24
You can’t rebuild a childhood
1:27
When the door is closing,
1:31
And all that’s left to see
1:42
Is an empty seat.
1:46
Verse 2
1:52
You showed up at my doorway
1:52
Holding flowers, holding tears,
1:55
Saying you were finally ready
1:58
After all those missing years.
2:02
I let you talk, I let you cry,
2:06
But I couldn’t play pretend—
2:09
Love you give at closing time
2:13
Ain’t love that heals again.
2:17
Pre-Chorus
2:20
I’m not shutting you out forever,
2:20
But the truth still stands for me…
2:24
The hurt don’t burn like it used to—
2:28
It just doesn’t need you, see.
2:31
Chorus
2:39
It’s too much, too little, too late
2:39
To ever start again.
2:44
I’m not angry, I’m not bitter—
2:48
I just learned to live within
2:52
A world that kept on turning
2:55
While you weren’t there for me.
3:00
You can’t rebuild a childhood
3:03
When the door is closing,
3:07
And all that’s left to see
3:18
Is an empty seat.
3:21