Heavy Eyelid Tears

(Verse 1)

The lamp is flickering low

In the corner of the room

I’m watching how the twilight

Turns the garden into gloom

My body feels like anchor

Sinking deep into the bed

While I’m fighting off the weight

Of every word we never said.

(Chorus)

Underneath these heavy eyelid tears

The world begins to blur

I’m reaching through the distance

To the way we really were

It’s a burden made of water

That I’ve carried through the years

Falling soft and silent

Just these heavy eyelid tears.

(Verse 2)

I try to keep them open

Just to see the ceiling move

But I’m losing every battle

In this worn-out, weary groove

The salt is on the pillow

Like a map of where I’ve been

Tracing all the fault lines

On the surface of my skin.

(Bridge)

It’s not a storm that’s breaking

It’s just a leak inside the soul

A way of letting pieces go

To try and feel the whole

So I’ll let the curtain fall

And I’ll let the vision break

There’s a peace in giving in

To the parts that always ache.

(Chorus)

Underneath these heavy eyelid tears

The world begins to blur

I’m reaching through the distance

To the way we really were

It’s a burden made of water

That I’ve carried through the years

Falling soft and silent

Just these heavy eyelid tears.

(Outro)

Let them fall...

Let the darkness win the fight...

I’ll see you in the morning...

Or the middle of the night...

Just tears...

Heavy...

Eyelid tears.