In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
GO!
[Chorus]
If you close your eyes, your life will make the truth reveal
Dreams you never lived, and scars never heal
In the darkness, light will take you to the other side
And find me waiting there you'll see, if you just close your eyes
If you just close your eyes
If you just close your eyes
[Verse 1]
Deceived by my eyes and all I was told I should see
Opinions not mine, the person they taught me to be
One night in the dark, a vision of someone I knew
And then in the darkness I saw, a voice say, "I'm you"
Inside me a light was turned on, then I was alive
[Chorus]
If you close your eyes, your life will make the truth reveal
Dreams you never lived, and scars never heal
In the darkness, light will take you to the other side
And find me waiting there you'll see, if you just close your eyes
[Verse 2]
Hearts uninspired, trapped inside somebody's dream
Too close to the fire, yet cold and numb with the pain
But the fever has broken and the river has run to the sea
Washed to the ocean and saved by a voice inside me
[Chorus]
If you close your eyes, your life will make the truth reveal
Dreams you never lived, and scars never heal
In the darkness, light will take you to the other side
And find me waiting there you'll see, if you just close your eyes
[Bridge]
Never thought I would be here, so high in the air
This was my unanswered prayer.
Defined by another, so much wasted time
Out of the darkness, each breath that I take will be mine
[Chorus]
If you close your eyes, your life will make the truth reveal
Dreams you never lived, and scars never heal
In the darkness, light will take you to the other side
And find me waiting there you'll see, if you just close your eyes
If you just close your eyes
If you just close your eyes!
[Chorus]
If you close your eyes, your life will make the truth reveal
Dreams you never lived, and scars never heal
In the darkness, light will take you to the other side
And find me waiting there you'll see, if you just close your eyes
If you just close your eyes
If you just close your eyes
[Verse 1]
Deceived by my eyes and all I was told I should see
Opinions not mine, the person they taught me to be
One night in the dark, a vision of someone I knew
And then in the darkness I saw, a voice say, "I'm you"
Inside me a light was turned on, then I was alive
[Chorus]
If you close your eyes, your life will make the truth reveal
Dreams you never lived, and scars never heal
In the darkness, light will take you to the other side
And find me waiting there you'll see, if you just close your eyes
[Verse 2]
Hearts uninspired, trapped inside somebody's dream
Too close to the fire, yet cold and numb with the pain
But the fever has broken and the river has run to the sea
Washed to the ocean and saved by a voice inside me
[Chorus]
If you close your eyes, your life will make the truth reveal
Dreams you never lived, and scars never heal
In the darkness, light will take you to the other side
And find me waiting there you'll see, if you just close your eyes
[Bridge]
Never thought I would be here, so high in the air
This was my unanswered prayer.
Defined by another, so much wasted time
Out of the darkness, each breath that I take will be mine
[Chorus]
If you close your eyes, your life will make the truth reveal
Dreams you never lived, and scars never heal
In the darkness, light will take you to the other side
And find me waiting there you'll see, if you just close your eyes
If you just close your eyes
If you just close your eyes!
Lyrics submitted by mrhd88
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