Empty Boxes, Echo Walls

[Verse 1]

Mismatched mugs on the counter

Still smell like yesterday’s place

Sun sneaks through paper curtains

Painting stripes across my face

I talk to the humming heater

Like it’s someone who knows my name

Photos in a half-filled shoebox

Staring back

They don’t look the same

[Chorus]

This doesn’t feel like home yet

Just empty rooms and echoes

Your laughter in the hallway of my mind

I’m sleeping with the light on

To chase the old shadows

In this brand new life I left behind

This doesn’t feel like home yet

But I’m trying

I’m trying this time

[Verse 2]

Takeout for one on the carpet

Fork clicks against paper plates

Neighbors argue through the ceiling

Their noise fills up my mistakes

Mom keeps texting me weather

“Wear a coat

It’s getting cold”

I saved her voice in a voicemail

For nights I feel too old

[Chorus]

This doesn’t feel like home yet

Just empty rooms and echoes

Your laughter in the hallway of my mind

I’m sleeping with the light on

To chase the old shadows

In this brand new life I left behind

This doesn’t feel like home yet

But I’m trying

I’m trying this time

[Bridge]

One day the creaks will be stories

One day these streets will know my name (oh)

I’ll hang the frames a little straighter

And it won’t hurt the same

[Chorus]

This doesn’t feel like home yet

Just empty rooms and echoes

Your laughter in the hallway of my mind

I’m sleeping with the light on

To chase the old shadows

In this brand new life I left behind

This doesn’t feel like home yet

But I’m trying

I’m trying this time