The Empty Chair

Intro — Male

I broke into my own future last night

It was empty

Except for a chair

And a version of me who looked disappointed

Verse 1 — Male

He said, "You finally made it"

I said, "Made it where"

He pointed at the walls but there was nothing there

A calendar hung open

Every date had been removed

A telephone kept ringing

But nobody ever moved

I asked him what I'd become

He said, "That depends on what you steal"

I said, "What do you mean"

He said, "You keep taking from yourself every time you refuse to feel"

Chorus — Male

I stole my own future

And I didn't know the price

I traded pieces of tomorrow

For another quiet night

I thought I was protecting me

From everything that could go wrong

But the life I was afraid to lose

Was the one I never lived at all

Verse 2 — Male

He showed me a hallway

Full of doors I'd never opened

Behind one was a version of me who finally told the truth

Behind another was a man who stayed

When leaving would've been easier

Behind the last one was a child sitting alone

Holding something in his hands

He wouldn't let me see

I asked, "What's he holding?"

The older me said, "Your courage. You left it there"

Male Rap — Fast, Aggressive

So I ran through every room of every life I didn't choose

Every consequence I feared

Every excuse I used

I found ambition buried underneath hesitation

Found love underneath pride

Found truth underneath reputation

I realised I wasn't scared of failure

I was scared of evidence

Evidence that I had more inside me than I was willing to demonstrate

So I made comfort into logic

Made avoidance look responsible

Built a perfect explanation for remaining impossible

And that's the part nobody tells you—

You don't always destroy your future with one catastrophic decision

Sometimes you steal it quietly

One postponed dream

One swallowed sentence

One "maybe later"

One more year spent waiting to become ready

Then one day you look behind you and realise—

You didn't lose your life

You kept giving it away

Bridge — Male

The man in the chair stood up

"Take it back"

I said, "What"

He pointed toward the child

"Everything"

Final Chorus — Male, Huge

I stole my own future

Now I'm taking it back

Every road I abandoned

Every chance I never had

I don't know where it leads me

And I don't need to know

I'd rather meet the unknown

Than become a man who never goes

Outro — Male

I woke up before sunrise

The chair was empty

But the door was open