Nobody's Waiting

Prompt

[Intro] [sparse piano, soft understated beat] Mmm — the porch light's out again Mmm — nobody's home [Verse 1] [cool, restrained vocals] Three locks on the front door, none of them for me A drawer in the hallway where the money used to be The kitchen's dark, the phone still hangs up on the wall I could disappear for weeks and nobody would call [Pre-Chorus] [drums stay low, vocals tighten] I'm not sad, I'm just done with knocking Done with talking to an empty room Don't call it hurt — call it learning Some houses never learned to be a home [Chorus] [restrained build, muted guitar line] 'Cause nobody's waiting, nobody's waiting up No one leaves the light on just because I come home to a silence that don't know my name Nobody's waiting — and I feel the same Nobody's waiting [Verse 2] [piano drops to single notes] The corner's got my footsteps, the fences know my face This block ain't scenery, it's a weight, it's a place It presses on my shoulders like a coat I never chose It don't hold me, it don't push me — it just never lets me go [Pre-Chorus] [drums stay low, vocals tighten] I'm not lost, I'm just out of practice Speaking to a door that don't reply Don't call it cold — call it counting The nights I walked right past my own life [Chorus] [restrained build, muted guitar line] 'Cause nobody's waiting, nobody's waiting up No one leaves the light on just because I come home to a silence that don't know my name Nobody's waiting — and I feel the same Nobody's waiting [Bridge] [soft strings swell, vocals almost spoken] Maybe I stopped knocking 'cause nobody answered Maybe I stopped asking 'cause nobody cared I don't want pity, I don't need a sermon I just want one reason to believe somebody's there But the porch stays dark and the drawer stays empty And the street keeps circling like it knows I'll stay [Final Chorus] [fuller, still cool-toned] 'Cause nobody's waiting, nobody's waiting up No one leaves the light on just because I come home to a silence that don't know my name Nobody's waiting — and I feel the same Nobody's waiting [Outro] [piano fades, one muted guitar note] Nobody's waiting... So I stopped waiting too Nobody's waiting... The lock clicks shut like it always knew