Empty Home

[INTRO] Dad… you there? It’s dark outside. Mom… you there? It burns inside. [VERSE 1] Scared to step outside the door, Scared of what’s behind it more. Silence leaking through the walls, Counting footsteps down the hall. You said love was sacrifice— Love shouldn’t leave me bruised at night. Waiting for the fracturs they come next, Every promise hid a threat. [PRE-CHORUS] Where did the innocence go— You stole it before I could grow! Left me to figure it out alone— Holding my breath when you came home. [CHORUS] Dad, you there? It’s dark outside. Mom, you there? It burns inside. Is anybody listening? Is anybody home? Must’ve been the bottom of that bottle— Hope it kept you warm. Hope it was worth it— Because now I’m gone. [VERSE 2] Miles away, but it’s the same— Trauma doesn’t need a plane. You swore you’d changed across the line— I heard the bottle every time. Excuses stacked like unpaid debts, No confession. No regrets. Tossed aside, then claimed again— Was I your blood or just a sin? [RAP SECTION] Bottle tipped—tick, tick, tock. Another blackout. Another shock. Face down as the fists pound, Smoke thick in a room with no way out. “Family first”—I learned that lie, First to witness, last to cry. Say my name—you never did. Just “that boy.” Just “that kid.” [BREAKDOWN] Where were you— When the glass broke? Where were you— When the door shook? Say it— YOU WERE HOME— BUT YOU WEREN’T THERE. [FINAL CHORUS] Dad, you there? It’s dark outside. Mom, you there? It burns inside. Is anybody listening? Is anybody home? Must’ve been the bottom of that bottle— Hope it kept you warm. Hope it was worth it— Because now I’m gone. [OUTRO] You've reached... An empty home.