Empty Home

Once upon a time, or just the other week This room was full of life and love But now it's cold and bleak And every painting on the wall only serves to mock my pain The warmth seeped through the cracks And I'm all that remains Push it down and let it go My tears all left me long ago What's another heartbreak in the end So I'll just keep on doing what I know Building walls around an empty home Oh, I'd rather you forget me Than dig another grave But I'm the fool who keeps on living While all I love is torn away You'd die for me but I'd never ask you I'm the one who's death is past due I'm building up from ashes all the time But I thought that maybe now I had something that was mine Push it down and let it go My tears all left me long ago What's another heartbreak in the end So I'll just keep on doing what I know Building walls around an empty home But how am I supposed to tell our son When he asks me where you are That his fathers gone But I don't even know If he's ever coming home The air, once filled with laughter Now hangs heavy And I wonder, should I leave here? One hollow home of many I push it down and let it go My tears all left me long ago What's another heartbreak in the end? Can't allow myself to mourn It's been this way since I was born Torn to pieces, never taught to mend So I'll just keep on doing what I know Building walls around an empty home