the lights are on but nobody's home TheFreeDictionarycom
Lamps illuminate a residence, but when it comes to absence of people, they stay unseen. Dwellings void of individual presence remain dim. Not a soul to greet the lamp, nobody's dwelling to enlighten. Vacant homes remain desolate of illumination, leaving the lights with no purpose. Beam seeks occupants, but in absence of people's dwelling, there's absence of people to illuminate.