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Inner Dialogues

Hollow

When a full life still feels empty, the search turns away from circumstances and toward the eye that measures them.

Sparse piano-folk · inward · compassionate · unsettledLyrics by Thomas LukaschewskiOriginal language: English

Verse 1

You've made a home that glows in tender light,
the sun pours in — yet still your chest feels tight.
You look outside and sense there should be more,
a hollow note your heart keeps asking for.

You love, you laugh, you eat, you sleep on cue,
you live — but wonder what that means for you.
Perhaps the shape of “happiness” is cast
in winding paths no thinking mind can truly grasp.

Chorus 1

I keep on reaching, though it's all right here,
see ghosts in black where everything is clear.
My hands are full, yet still I beg for more,
draw hollow circles on a shining floor.
“Whatever's missing,” hums the world within,
“was never lost out there — it's under your own skin.”

Verse 2

You've got a job that holds you up and pays,
sketches out safety into measured days.
The hours drift by gentle, quiet, clean, and tight,
and still they ring a little… not quite right.

You think too much — too early or too late —
give every fleeting shadow too much weight.
Each small concern compounds, becomes full-grown,
and buries all the simple joys you've known.

Chorus 2

I keep on reaching, though it's all right here,
see ghosts in black where all should shine and clear.
My hands are full, yet still I ache for more,
trace tired circles on a gilded floor.
“This thing that's missing,” calls the turning time,
and whispers low: step past your inner line.

Bridge

Maybe the fault's not written in the sky,
but in the angle of my inner eye.
The sights are straight, the lines are mostly true,
it's just my wanting that distorts the view.
For those who chase completion door to door
lose count of all they have and still want more.

Verse 3

You've got someone who stays despite your storms,
who holds your hand and loves your shifting forms.
And still you pick through everything they show
to claim there's something missing you should know.

You name it “honest” when you pull things apart,
confuse suspicion with a braver heart.
You miss the way love mends without a sound,
because you trust the quake more than the ground.

Chorus 3

I keep on reaching, though it's all right here,
see shadows rise where everything is clear.
My hands are full, yet still I long for more,
run fading circles on a gleaming floor.
“This thing that's missing,” murmurs faint, in flight —
maybe it's me who shapes it small, not right.

Final Verse

Maybe the longing's rooted deep in me,
not in the distance — but in what I fail to see.
No person, goal, no distant promised shore
can fill this hollow tide that calls for “more.”

Maybe the real relief begins behind
the doors I once ignored —
is loving lack itself, not adding “more.”
And one who dares forgive themselves at last
learns how an empty space can make life vast.

© Traveler’s Mindset · Lyrics by Thomas Lukaschewski

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