empty prayers

i tried my best to keep you here

but it's hard to hold a shadow

you said goodbye but i couldn't hear

too busy praying for a miracle

and you left me on my knees

you just walked out the door

you didn't even have the decency to intervene while i was begging god for

you to love me

i prayed about us every night

boy i know you had to hear me

you could've stopped me then and told the truth

but instead you pulled a pillow over your head

and you left me on my knees

you just walked out the door

you didn't even have the decency to intervene while i was begging god for

you to love me

you should've told me it was useless

that i was praying empty prayers

but you hopped in your car

pulled out your keys

while you were leaving

i was begging god for you to love me

and i know that he had something better to do

than to sit and listen to a broken-hearted fool

could've been saving the world from a tragedy

but instead he was listening

to me

i was asking

begging for a sign to bring comfort to this lonely heart of

mine

but apparently you're not what i need

i guess you walking out was him answering

you left me on my knees

you just walked out the door

you didn't even have the decency to intervene while i was begging god for

you to love me

i tried my best to keep you here

but it's hard to hold a shadow