Lyrics: Eline Moen
Music: Eline Moen
Coffee ring on the corner
Crumbs where the keyboard was
Sticky note ghosts on the monitor
Why does this feel like loss
Charger coiled like a question
Chair turned away from the light
Your name tag face-down on the desk
They cleared you out overnight
Empty desk theory
If the drawer's still jammed
Are you really gone
Empty desk theory
Do the jokes we wrote keep living on
If your screen saver still shows July
Is it over
Or paused in time
Empty desk theory
I keep spinning it in my mind
HR box full of memories
Half-dried plant by the screen
That dumb plastic trophy you hated
Sits there staring at me
They say "headcount
Market pressure"
Words that taste like dust
But your mug still stains the paper
Like it doesn't trust them much
Empty desk theory
If the drawer's still jammed
Are you really gone
Empty desk theory
Do the jokes we wrote keep living on
If your screen saver still shows July
Is it over
Or paused in time
Empty desk theory
I keep spinning it in my mind
Maybe work is just a coat
We hang up when the day is through
But the fabric holds the shape
Of everyone who slipped it loose
Empty desk theory
If the drawer's still jammed
Are you really gone
Empty desk theory
Do the jokes we wrote keep living on
If the seat still squeaks when I roll by
Is it haunting or just design
Empty desk theory
I keep spinning it in my mind