I put one plate away
Leave one chair where it is
I keep the kitchen light on
Like that changes this
I’ve been naming every feeling
Something easier to say
But tonight I’m out of softer words
And nowhere else to aim

I don’t want to be alone
That’s all
That’s all
I don’t want to be alone
Not tonight
Not like this
Not anymore

I can be the one who answers
When everybody calls
I can hold the steady line
I can stand up through it all
But when the hallway settles
And my hand has none to find
There’s a part of me still reaching
Like it missed the warning sign

I don’t want to be alone
That’s all
That’s all
I don’t want to be alone
Not tonight
Not like this
Not anymore

I’m ashamed of how simple it sounds
How small it makes me feel
But I don’t need a better line
To make the hurt more real
No one has to fix it
No one has to stay
I just needed one true sentence
That I didn’t push away

I don’t want to be alone
That’s all
That’s all
I don’t want to be alone
Not tonight
Not like this
Not anymore

One chair at the table
One hand open wide
I say it to the quiet
And let it stay inside