[Verse 1]
I set four plates like I always do,
out of habit, not thinking it through —
Stopped.
One chair pushed in, nobody sits there,
just an empty chair. Just habit.
[Verse 2]
Still cook enough for the both of us,
still leave a space where your coffee was —
Every morning.
Talk to the room like you’re listening,
maybe you are. Maybe you’re not.
[Chorus]
There’s an empty chair at the table.
Empty chair.
Nobody moves it, nobody dares,
I set a place for the love that’s still there —
just an empty chair at the table.
[Verse 3]
Tonight I almost cleared it away,
hand on the chair — but I couldn’t. I stayed.
Some things stay.
Not because I’m stuck, not because I’m broken —
because this is how I keep you close.
[Chorus – Final]
So there’s an empty chair at the table.
Let it stay.
It’s not empty — not really — not to me,
it’s where you still sit, where you’ll always be —
just an empty chair. Right where it should be.
Lyrics Michael Forty
Voice Michael Forty