Empty Chairs This Christmas Lyrics

So much quiet in the kitchen,

As the snowfall hides the hill.

Around the table, just the few of us,

Distracted hearts, no thrill.

We're survivors of the fights,

The rifts that tore us all apart.

Harmony and joy are missing,

What's left here weighs on my heart.

Once, the season meant togetherness,

Stories shared with warmth and pride.

Now, the silence fills the spaces,

And the warmth has slowly died.

Empty chairs this Christmas,

Left by hands that used to hold.

We'd share the stories of the year,

Now the silence feels so cold.

We're divided, and it shows,

In the quiet, in the cold.

Empty chairs this Christmas,

And a longing for the old.

Some have left us, never turning,

Plates untouched, their faces gone.

Others drifted, bridges burning,

Leaving scars we linger on.

I still remember how we gathered,

Every burden cast away.

Now, the faces fade like whispers,

It's a gift to hear them say...

Empty chairs this Christmas,

Left by hands that used to hold.

We'd share the stories of the year,

Now the silence feels so cold.

We're divided, and it shows,

In the quiet, in the cold.

Empty chairs this Christmas,

And a longing for the old.

And though the table's smaller now,

I'll leave a plate to mark their place.

For every tear, for every laughter,

I still long to see their face.

Empty chairs this Christmas,

But the hope still lingers near.

That someday, love will gather us,

And our voices will reappear.

Though we're broken, I hold on,

To the memories we've known.

Empty chairs this Christmas,

But my heart won't be alone.

So much quiet in the kitchen,

As the snowfall hides the hill.

But maybe next year, we'll be stronger,

And the chairs we'll strive to fill.