In the 1980s, sunglasses were a common fashion for people who wanted to adopt a "tough guy" persona (note all the cop shows from that era -- Simon & Simon, Miami Vice, etc. -- where the lead characters wore shades). So I think this song is about a guy who wears shades as a way of hiding his insecurity after learning that his girlfriend is cheating on him. He's trying to pretend that he's a "tough guy" to hide the fact that his girlfriend's affair is disturbing him.
Closer to my dreams
It's coming over me
I'm getting higher
Closer to my dreams
I'm getting higher, and higher
Feel it in my sleep
Sometimes it feels like I'll never go past here
Sometimes it feel like I'm stuck forever, ever
But I'm going higher
Closer to my dreams
I'm going higher and higher
I can almost reach
Sometimes you just have to let it go
Leaving all my fears to burn and die
Push the all away so I can move on
Closer to my dreams
Feel it all over my being
In my being
Close your eyes and seek what you believe
I'm moving higher
I'm going higher and higher
Closer to my dreams
Higher and higher
I'm moving upward and onward and beyond all that I could see
Stretching out my arms so I can reach
I'm so close
It's like I can just reach
I can feel my dreams
Closer to my dreams
I'm moving closer to my dreams
Sometimes it feel like you'll never grow and change
But you never choose to walk away
It's coming over me
I'm getting higher
Closer to my dreams
I'm getting higher, and higher
Feel it in my sleep
Sometimes it feels like I'll never go past here
Sometimes it feel like I'm stuck forever, ever
But I'm going higher
Closer to my dreams
I'm going higher and higher
I can almost reach
Sometimes you just have to let it go
Leaving all my fears to burn and die
Push the all away so I can move on
Closer to my dreams
Feel it all over my being
In my being
Close your eyes and seek what you believe
I'm moving higher
I'm going higher and higher
Closer to my dreams
Higher and higher
I'm moving upward and onward and beyond all that I could see
Stretching out my arms so I can reach
I'm so close
It's like I can just reach
I can feel my dreams
Closer to my dreams
I'm moving closer to my dreams
Sometimes it feel like you'll never grow and change
But you never choose to walk away
Lyrics submitted by Pryncess33
Closer Lyrics as written by Anthony W. Anderson Michael Louis Aaberg
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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