so I'm singing la la la

belting la la la

in these empty streets,

empty rooms,

empty halls,

in hopes that it would

bounce off the walls

and echo back

in a deeper octave.

hoping that

someone, anyone

would sing along

so that I'd know that

these streets, these rooms,

these halls

weren't really empty.

and i wondered that

maybe if i sang it in my head,

under my skin,

breathed it through

my lungs,

i would know that

it wasn't so empty there

either.