Left the porch light on

An empty bed--

I couldn't lie awake

I pace the hallways

Feeling the walls ache

Rooms so empty and strange

I must be patient

When will you appear?

So aching, anxious

Needing you here

Want to cry and moan

To break the drone

Of silence spinning

Through my head

Voices that echo

In every corner

Only mock me instead

I could drive my car

Into the night

But now I'll never break away

I wait in limbo

Behind the windows

A ghost that's lost in a maze

I must be patient

When will you appear?

So aching, anxious

Needing you here

Stuck here forever

The ever after

The waiting hours

But you're not here

Stuck here forever

The ever after

The waiting hours

But you're not ever

Coming home

Lyrics © 2001 Cynthia Conrad