Now and then, your name comes up in conversation with my friends I hate how much I feel it right there in my chest I hate how much I feel it But how about you? It seems like things are going really well for you I wish that I could say the same about me too I wish that I could say the same And boy, you know I try to pray I bruise my knees I've tried to bring you back to me I've tried my best to find some kind of peace Don't you see? There's a big black hole where my heart used to be And I wish that you would realize I'm all that you need It don't work like that No, it's not easy to fill this gap that you left in me There's a big black hole Black hole There's a big black hole Black hole It don't work like that Black hole Black hole There's a big black hole Black hole Without a trace, you disappeared and took some of me with You buried like the way I used to laugh into my bed We ache, well, that's all gone away now, yeah And boy, you know I try to pray I bruise my knees I've tried to bring you back to me I've tried my best to find some kind of peace Don't you see? There's a big black hole where my heart used to be And I've tried my best to fill it up with things I don't need It don't work like that No, it's not easy to fill this gap that you left in me There's a big black hole Black hole There's a big black hole Black hole It don't work like that Black hole Black hole There's a big black hole Black hole Black hole There's a big black hole where my heart used to be And I wish that you would realize I'm all that you need It don't work like that No, it's not easy to fill this gap that you left in me