I'm Running Empty

Verse 1

You keep taking, I keep giving

Is this loving or just living?

Every piece I hand to you

Still ain't enough to pull us through

Pre-Chorus

I gave you everything I had

The good, the broken, and the bad

Still you reach for something more

Tell me what you're searching for

Chorus

You keep taking, I keep giving

What do you want from me?

I'm running empty, barely living

Post-Chorus

How much more until you're through?

How much of me belongs to you?

Verse 2

Every promise came with sorrow

You take today, then want tomorrow

I keep bending till I break

How much more are you gonna take?

Pre-Chorus

I gave you everything I had

The good, the broken, and the bad

Still you reach for something more

Tell me what you're searching for

Chorus

You keep taking, I keep giving

What do you want from me?

I'm running empty, barely living

Post-Chorus

How much more until you're through?

How much of me belongs to you?

Bridge

Maybe someday you'll understand

Love was never a one-way demand

I can't keep bleeding myself dry

Just to keep your world alive

Koto Solo

Verse 3

Now I'm staring at the pieces

Waiting for this hurt to cease

Every time I try to leave

You find another way to feed

Pre-Chorus

There's nothing left behind these eyes

No more truth beneath your lies

Still you reach for something more

But I can't give like before

Chorus

You keep taking, I keep giving

What do you want from me?

I'm running empty, barely living

Post-Chorus

How much more until you're through?

How much of me belongs to you?

Verse 4

Now the well has finally dried

Nothing more remains inside

You can reach, but you will see

You took everything from me

Pre-Chorus

I gave you everything I could

Far more than anybody should

Now there's nothing left in me

Except the strength to finally leave

Chorus

You kept taking, I kept giving

That's what you wanted from me

You left me empty, barely living

Post-Chorus

You wanted more than I could be

Now you get nothing more from me

Outro

So I’m walking out the door

You can’t take from me anymore

What you wanted, I can’t give

Now I’m learning how to love...