Curtain Call

[Intro] (ahh...) [Verse 1] You folded every answer into boxes I couldn't open I stood there learning silence one heartbeat at a time You checked the lock like someone leaving work behind By the time I found my voice You'd already taken yours with you [Pre-Chorus] Somebody dim the house lights slow My hands won't find the mark, I don't know where to go [Hook] No more curtain, no more cue Empty seats where I loved you House lights up, the show's over now I don't know how to take this bow [Verse 2] Now I'm sweeping up confetti that never even fell Rehearsing exits for a script that already closed The silence sits where every seat I used to know so well Nobody tells you the hardest part's the empty rows [Hook] No more curtain, no more cue Empty seats but I'm still true House lights up, and I'm still here somehow Watch me learn to take this bow [Bridge] Maybe every love leaves one last room unspoken Maybe I confused devotion with staying until the end Maybe the applause belongs to those who dare to disappear While the rest of us keep singing after no one's left to hear [Final Hook] No more curtain, no more cue Empty seats, but I got through House lights up, and I'm still standing now (ahhhh) Here's how I take my bow [Outro] No more curtain No more cue The lights stay up on an empty stage And so do I