On March 27, 2024, Hemmings announced a scavenger hunt in NYC to find a “new tune”. A one-of-a-kind cassette tape with the words “Close My Eyes” written on the cover was hidden in the city. Approximately 30 minutes later, it was found, later that same day the fan who found the cassette posted a snip...
[Verse 1]
Don't be sad in the middle
Whole life and no time to mourn
Watch it die in the mirror
Don't cry, it won't be long
[Pre-Chorus]
Feel as your eyes get heavy
From lookin' at what you want
Need something to break the levee
The overflow in my heart
[Chorus]
Now I don't wanna close my eyes
See everythin' I ever done
I never got to say goodbye
I won't look back until it's gone
Everything that I try to bury
And all the little deaths that set me off
I can't close my eyes (Close my eyes)
[Verse 2]
Romanticise a dark city
You can't find the light in the sun
If I don't feel the same, please forgive me
You have arrived with no time to run
[Pre-Chorus]
Quiet, desperate
All the people hidin'
In your garden, cryin'
Where is the time I lost?
[Chorus]
Now I don't wanna close my eyes
See everythin' I ever done
I never got to say goodbye
I won't look back until it's gone
Everything that I try to bury
And all the little deaths that set me off
I can't close my eyes (Close my eyes)
[Outro]
Quiet, desperate
All the people hidin'
In your garden, cryin'
Where is the time I lost?
(Ah, ah, ah)
Close My Eyes was written by Luke Hemmings & Sammy Witte.
Close My Eyes was produced by Sammy Witte.
Luke Hemmings released Close My Eyes on Fri Apr 05 2024.
I’m elated to share the next chapter from boy – a song called “Close My Eyes.” I wrote this as I headed into my late 20’s and felt an unavoidable wave of fear and anxiety towards the inevitable death of my youth. I found myself unable to sleep because every time I tried; it was as if a film of my l...
I wrote ‘Close My Eyes’ as I headed into my late twenties and felt an unavoidable wave of fear and anxiety towards the inevitable death of my youth. I found myself unable to sleep because every time I tried, it was as if a film of my life was projected onto the back of my eyelids-the mistakes, succe...