
Everyone’s heads are down, counting clock ticks in loaded silence
the chair beside me stays cold, backpack slumped, jacket forgotten
yesterday there were scribbles on your notebook (oh)
now it’s blank, edges curling, no reason given
Pages torn, little stars still in the corners—
your laughter always left before you did
I watch the teacher mark you absent, routine, practiced
Counting the days, counting the mornings,
The glances we trade when no one will meet my eyes
Do you hear us—through linoleum floors and echoing shoes?
[Verse 2]
Rows of sneakers scuff the floors, smudging your footprints daily
No one mentions you at lunch, cafeteria trays slide past the gap
I trace your initials on my palm and find grime under my fingernails
Was it always this easy to forget someone breathing?
Chalk dust hangs heavy where you used to lean
(oh, oh) The room inhales, then hushes at roll call
I say nothing, careful not to breathe for you
[Chorus]
Your empty desk screams louder than you ever did
Your empty desk screams louder than you ever did
Your empty desk screams louder than you ever did
Your empty desk screams louder than you ever did
[Verse 3]
Eyes flicker sideways, looking through me—not at me
I fold a note I’ll never send, hiding it under loose boards
Every day, it’s like I watch you leave again
There’s a hush that bursts my chest, and I wish I knew a sound to fill this space
The radiator rattles, erasers knock, heartbeat kicks
Under fluorescent hum we all sit frozen
[Chorus]
Your empty desk screams louder than you ever did
Your empty desk screams louder than you ever did
Your empty desk screams louder than you ever did
Your empty desk screams louder than you ever did
[Breakdown]
Desk—screams
Louder
Did
Empty
(louder, la, la, la)
Your empty desk—
Louder—than you—ever did!
[Chorus: Final, layered screaming]
Your empty desk screams louder than you ever did
Your empty desk screams louder than you ever did
Your empty desk screams louder than you ever did
Your empty desk screams louder than you ever did
(oh, la, la, la, la, la)
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