Lyrics

CLOSE YOUR EYES
(Originally written in 1991), ©2025 - Final Revised Version

[Verse 1 A]
The sky was bending under weightless light
You spoke my name, then slipped into the night
A breath that left before I even knew
That what was real was never truly true

[Verse 1 B]
There's a silence buried in the sound
Where pieces of you still hang around
The walls still echo what we tried to say
But every word just fades away

[Chorus]
Close your eyes and hear me still
In the quiet where the heart won't heal
In the echo of a word unsaid
I'm the breath beside your bed
We were stars that burned too high
Close your eyes... and say goodbye

[Verse 2 A]
I trace the dust along your empty chair
The room still holds your shadow in the air
Your voice is hiding in the hallway light
I almost reach, but you are out of sight

[Verse 2 B]
We were pages lost without a pen
A love that burned and back again
No map to lead us through the storm
No fire left to keep us warm
[Chorus]
Close your eyes and hear me still
In the quiet where the heart won't heal
In the echo of a word unsaid
I'm the breath beside your bed
We were stars that burned too high
Close your eyes... and say goodbye

[Bridge] (Solo cello + piano)
If time could turn, I'd stay and fight
But dreams dissolve in morning light
So hold me once inside your mind
Before the dark leaves us behind

[Final Chorus]
Close your eyes and let me be
A whispered note in your melody
Don't cry for what we couldn't be
We were never ours to keep
Like a flame that kissed the sky
Close your eyes... and let me fly