The table had barely been cleared
When the tunnel opened wide
Buildings stood beyond the window
With no street on either side
Curtains moved in empty bedrooms
Televisions burned pale blue
Every room held someone waiting
Like they knew we would come through
Echo put her hand against the glass
And every window answered back
Empty windows
Full of people we forgot
Every light still holds a heartbeat
Every room remembers us
Empty windows
Do not turn your faces down
If the city tried to lose you
We can see you from here now
We can see you
We can see you now
Bram went still beside the doorway
Keys shaking softly in his hand
There was someone in a kitchen
In a coat the colour of sand
She looked older than his memory
She looked straight into the train
He whispered something I could not hear
Then she touched the windowpane
I thought you were gone
Not gone
Just removed
Every name they cut from history
Still has somewhere it can bleed
Empty windows
Full of people we forgot
Every light still holds a heartbeat
Every room remembers us
Empty windows
Do not turn your faces down
If the city tried to lose you
We can see you from here now
I used to think forgetting
Made the hurting disappear
Now I know the ones we bury
Only learn to wait down here
Empty windows
Let your hidden lights come on
Every person they deleted
Has been waiting all along
Empty windows
Keep your faces to the glass
We cannot return your yesterdays
But we will not let them pass
We can see you
We can see you now