listen I sit at the table but the chairs feel hollow ghosts of the past in the shadows I follow Faces fade like the ink on my skin names I can't call wounds buried within I chased the spotlight left footprints in ash but the glow don’t warm where the memories clash Every stage I conquer feels colder inside like I traded my soul just to swallow my pride I see their faces in the crowdless nights voices once loud now dimmed in the fights Friends turned to echoes love turned to loss the path to success came at a cost I got diamonds chains and a name they know but what’s it worth when the seeds don’t grow? Empty seats remind me of the road I paved it’s a banquet of dreams, but nobody stayed Empty seats at the table I made every win feels like debts unpaid I got it all but it’s still incomplete fame don’t fill what the heart can’t beat Empty seats at the table I made every win feels like debts unpaid (oh yeah) I got it all but it’s still incomplete fame don’t fill what the heart can’t beat The mirror reflects all the faces I lost their laughter replaced by the silence it cost I built this empire with my two hands but it crumbles in the moments I don’t understand How do you climb when the weight pulls you down when the cheers of the crowd just echo your frown? I told myself the fame would fix the scars but you can’t heal wounds under golden bars Every trophy on the shelf feels hollow and cold a monument to a story that’s yet to be told I remember the nights with nothing but dreams now I drown in the noise but it’s not what it seems I traded my time for a fleeting applause but who was I fighting for? What was the cause? Each mile I walked left someone behind their faces haunt the corridors of my mind They say you can’t go back once you leave but what’s the point of a crown if you can’t grieve? I’d trade the applause for one more embrace to see those I’ve lost fill the empty space Empty seats at the table I made every win feels like debts unpaid I got it all but it’s still incomplete fame don’t fill what the heart can’t beat Empty seats at the table I made (oh yeah) every win feels like debts unpaid (oh yeah) I got it all but it’s still incomplete (oh yeah) fame don’t fill what the heart can’t beat (oh yeah)