Before Your Very Eyes... Lyrics

Lyric discussion by wesleyhenryhead 

Cover art for Before Your Very Eyes... lyrics by Atoms for Peace

This is a reimagining of, or perhaps a direct companion song to, Solitaire by Neil Sedaka.

Acting a sort of prelude to that song we join the central character before he has lost his love to 'his indifference'. The narrator shows the future implications of his actions to the younger man, forewarning him of what is in store if he carries on down this path playing 'Time's fickle card game' = Solitaire.

Look out of the window What's passing you by?

And before your very eyes...

While life goes on around him everywhere He's playing solitaire.