Meza Tupu

*"Empty Table" -

_Verse 1_

I come home tired, with the dust of the day on my shoes

The house is quiet, but it ain’t peace

It’s silence

No bed to share, no hand to hold

We eat from different plates, different stories left untold

You say I don’t love you, and I wonder…

How do you love a ghost?

_Verse 2_

I spread my clothes on the floor, brush my own shoes

My closet a mess, I spend an hour looking for socks

No one to organize things for me

You threw my perfumes away, said "they make you bloat"

I said "get me your favorite" — you just stay quiet

I asked "can we go to my church?"

You said "I prefer another one"

I say "let’s go West" — you say "East, South, North"

You don’t agree with anything I say...

This feels like hate

_Pre-Chorus_

I’m not asking for perfect

I’m just asking for warm

*HOOK / CHORUS*

*Meza tupu, moyo tupu*

_Empty table, empty heart_

I’ve been suffering in your hands, my wife

Cold sheets and a cold goodbye

You won’t cook for me, won’t look me in the eye

Say I smell, say I’m not enough

But who do I become when love turns to dust?

I’m tired, oh I’m tired

Looking for a home where I can rest

Empty table, empty chest

_Verse 3_

You hide your light like I’m a stranger

Cook for the kids, and leave me the anger

Never visit my people, never walk my road

Always a complaint, always a heavy load

I reach out, you pull away

I say "stay", you say "why should I?"

Is this marriage or just a long goodbye?

_Bridge_

Maybe love left when we stopped talking

Maybe it died when we stopped walking

To each other, not past

I don’t want to fight, I just want to last

If there’s nothing left, then set me free

If there’s something left, then come back to me

_Final Chorus_

*Meza tupu, moyo tupu*

I’ve been suffering in your hands, my wife

I’m still praying for a hug when I come in from work

For a plate that ain’t left with the hurt

For love without hate, for peace in the night

For us to find our way back to the light

_Outro_

Empty table...

*Utakaa na mimi lini?*

_Will you ever sit with me again?_

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Make a song for me