I Don't Belong - Lena Duval

Chorus

Why do I linger here, when no one calls my name

Shadows sip my silence, it's always just the same

I wait for morning's kindness, but the night just stays so long

A place at every table, but I don't belong

Verse 2

Curtains softly falling, as I sip cold tea

The laughter in the hallway never comes near me

I hum old loves remembered, yet time won't recall

Empty arms around me, I brace for the fall

Pre-Chorus

I dress my heart with hope each day

But hope wears thin when you feel this way

Chorus

Why do I linger here, when no one calls my name

Shadows sip my silence, it's always just the same

I wait for morning's kindness, but the night just stays so long

A place at every table, but I don't belong

Bridge

The quiet in the hallway paints worries on the wall

Every whispered promise just waiting to dissolve

I try to hear forgiveness in the hallway's distant sound

But echoes fade to memory when no one's around

Chorus

Why do I linger here, when no one calls my name

Shadows sip my silence, it's always just the same

I wait for morning's kindness, but the night just stays so long

A place at every table, but I don't belong

Chorus

Why do I linger here, when no one calls my name

Shadows sip my silence, it's always just the same

I wait for morning's kindness, but the night just stays so long

A place at every table, but I don't belong

Outro

Still I hold my teacup, watch the window glaze

Dreaming that tomorrow might bring a gentler phase

Tired eyes meet silence, a lullaby drawn thin

Loitering with longing for something to begin

Soft are the footsteps fading down the hall

I'll wait out the quiet till I'm wanted at all