This Lovibond May Rowanwood song from the Rowanwood music catalogue is a slow, vintage jazz torch ballad that confronts loss, emptiness, and grief through stark lyrics and rich analog-era instrumentation.
What is this emptiness in me
No word to fill the space
No thought to engage the mind
No feeling I can place
An inner fear swelling
Pushes from within
A bone dry tear welling
Burning on my skin
When I lost you
My world went black
I lost my bearing
With no way back
No trail of breadcrumbs
No beacon light
No familiar birdsong
Just empty night
Sometimes a flicker of hope
Nurtured and dim
A glance to the horizon
A sudden wind
The moment lost
Emptier than before
A window slammed shut
A closed and locked door
When I lost you
My world went black
I lost my way
With no way back
No trail of breadcrumbs
No beacon light
No familiar birdsong
Just empty night
A heart with shattered edges
A spirit stained with guilt
A void greater than endless space
Never to be filled
Nothingness closes in around me
Emptiness fills my core
Loneliness my companion
The abyss becomes my floor
When I lost you
My world went black
I lost my way
With no way back
No trail of breadcrumbs
No beacon light
No familiar birdsong
Just empty night
I may look deep within myself
And everywhere outside
For a moment of connection with you
Knowing I’ll never find
And, yet, know this
Should you ever ponder
I will always love you from my soul
And my heart will never wander
What is this emptiness in me?
No words to fill the space
No thought to engage the mind
No feelings I can place
No person left inside
I have been erased.
Explore more Lovibond songs in the Rowanwood music catalogue.