This quiet guitar ballad is sung by Frank (Nick Offerman) to Sam (Kiersey Clemons) from some lyrics that he dug up from an old notebook. Sam realizes that the lyrics are about her mother, who was killed in an accident when she was small.
One, two, three
(Verse 1)
Anythin' I say
Couldn't take the pain away
But it might help you to sleep somehow
I know it's just a lie
And how they say to wait on time
But that's no use to you right now
But somehow in the evenin'
When you can't escape the feelin'
And you're far away
Sleepin' doesn't even help when dreamin' is her leavin'
Or comin' back someday
(Chorus)
Shut your eyes
Calm your mind
Just give it time
It ain't right
It's no use to fight
It, just give it time
(Verse 2)
I don't even know
If I had a lot of love
If I know what to do with it now
Even if you said
That you never once meant
Those words that we spoke out loud
Lyin' won't heal you
I still feel you
Hidden in my heart someplace
I can't forget all the cruel things we said
And that sad look on your face
(Chorus)
Oh, shut your eyes
Calm your mind
Just give it time
It ain't right
It's no use to fight
It, just give it time
Shut Your Eyes was written by Keegan DeWitt.
Keegan DeWitt released Shut Your Eyes on Fri Jun 08 2018.
In an interview with Consequence of Sound, DeWitt said:
“Shut Your Eyes” was a rough acoustic sketch I had sitting around in demo form for a good bit. I liked that it felt like a lullaby. I think, at the time, I wrote it to myself as a bit of a comfort after some heartbreak. … I initially wrote tha...