[Verse 1]
Coffee gone cold on the table
Ash on the plate like snow
You said
"It’s nothing
I’m just tired"
But your eyes already let go
Curtains half-open to morning
Dust floating slow in the air
I trace your name in the window
It smears
Disappears
Nothing there
[Pre-Chorus]
Every little crack in the ceiling
Spells out everything we don't say
I can feel the future leaning
Heavy on the frame
[Chorus]
I just want to close my eyes
And pretend it’s alright
Let the dark erase your face
Till I don't have to fight
If I never see the truth
Then it can't say goodbye
I just want to close my eyes
I just want to close my eyes tonight (oh)
[Verse 2]
Your sweater hangs on the chair back
Shape of a ghost in the room
Phone on the floor keeps on ringing
Lighting up nothing but gloom
Dinner for two in the freezer
Tickets we’ll never use
Every small promise is screaming
In a language I can’t choose
[Pre-Chorus]
Breathing like I’m bracing for impact
Waiting for the moment we break
Every quiet second feels louder
Right before the quake
[Chorus]
I just want to close my eyes
And pretend it’s alright
Let the dark erase your face
Till I don't have to fight
If I never see the truth
Then it can't say goodbye
I just want to close my eyes
I just want to close my eyes tonight
[Bridge]
[Choir rising
Bass building under whispered vocal]
Hold my hand in the wreckage (hold it)
Say we’re fine till we vanish (say it)
If this is how the ending sounds
Let it drown us out
'Cause I don't want the final word
I don't want the final light
I just want your shadow blurred
In the middle of the night (yeah)
[Chorus]
I just want to close my eyes
And pretend it’s alright
Let the dark erase your face
Till I don't have to fight
If I never see the truth
Then it can't say goodbye
I just want to close my eyes
I just want to close my eyes tonight
[Outro]
[Choir softens
Instruments fall away]
Coffee cup still on the table
I switch off the morning light
Turn my back on every angle
And fall into the lie tonight