“XX (Sew My Eyes)” is the lead single from Capsize’s 2016 album A Reintroduction: The Essence of All That Surrounds Me.
Capsize vocalist Daniel Wand shared with Alternative Press:
This song is about the idea of wanting to move on from a moment, person or cycle in life, but feeling like your action...
[Verse 1]
Take me away
From the same barren place
My mind always drags me back to
Stuck here again
Abandoned in the end
Can’t keep track of all I’ve been through
[Pre-Chorus]
Never stopped falling apart
Burning years off my life just to fall apart my way in the end
Anything to keep me at distance
I’ll sew my eyes shut if it means I’ll never see your face again
[Chorus]
I’ll sew my eyes shut if that means I won’t see you again
Now I know
I won’t see you again
[Breakdown]
Can’t keep myself together
When your voice is lingering in my head
Can’t keep myself together
When I’m dying to move past you
[Bridge]
Just leave me be
I want my last breath in peace
Watch closely as my eyes roll backwards
Take my life from me
Just as I find out what it means
It’s the only way the world moves forward
[Pre-Chorus]
Never stopped falling apart
Burning years off my life just to fall apart my way in the end
Anything to keep me at distance
I’ll sew my eyes shut if it means I’ll never see your face again
[Chorus]
I’ll sew my eyes shut if that means I won’t see you again
Now I know
I won’t see you again
I’ll sew my eyes shut if that means I won’t see you again
Now I know
I won’t see you again
[Bridge]
(You’ll never understand)
(The ditch I dig in my head)
You’ll never understand
The ditch I dig in my head
You’ll never understand
The ditch I dig in my head
(My head, my head)
[Outro]
I’ll sew my eyes shut if it means I won’t see you
I’ll sew my eyes shut if it means I won’t see you again
I’ll sew my eyes
I’ll sew my eyes
XX (Sew My Eyes) was written by Daniel Wand.
Capsize released XX (Sew My Eyes) on Fri May 20 2016.
Capsize vocalist Daniel Wand shared with Alternative Press:
This song is about the idea of wanting to move on from a moment, person or cycle in life, but feeling like your actions that leave you unexplainably content in discomfort make up who you are, and battling that in your head.