: The track is 3 minutes and 19 seconds long and features a stripped-back, acoustic guitar-driven arrangement.
"Three Empty Words" is a melancholic acoustic track by Shawn Mendes from his second studio album, , released on September 23, 2016. The song was released as the second promotional single for the album on July 28, 2016. Meaning and Inspiration
The "three empty words" in the title refer to the phrase . Lyrically, the song explores a relationship that has lost its spark, where both partners are merely "going through the motions" and can no longer fix what is broken.