Vacant Tone

I've been preparing myself for the phone only ringing twice
I expect you to call, it's just an unlucky roll of the die
There's an unkindness of ravens outside my window
I expect that you will still be here tomorrow
But you're gone, and there's no coming back from that

There's an empty seat at the table
Yeah, it's yours if you want it
There's a vacant tone on the phone
If you want, you can call it

I've been writing the cards and been buying the presents
I fear I'm forgetting someone, and then it hits me
Death ain't a fact, it's a feeling
You have to learn it, and then you wait
You wait for the ache

There's an empty seat at the table
And it's yours, if you want it (oh, oh, oh)
There's a vacant tone on the phone
The line is empty, you can call

Vacant phone line
Empty table
Soulless snowman
Are you able
To come back
To come back?

I don't know what you can do
I believe I'm expecting too much of you
Never seeing someone again holds so much weight
Well, sometimes we'll ache, yeah, we will ache
And Christmas Day will never be the same