She Closed Her Eyes
Chris Rea Lyrics

She closed her eyes
She closed her eyes

And let the walls of her prison fall away
And freed herself from the oppressive walls of the modern, technology-driven life she's living

The walls that ached with a timeless wait
The walls that caused her to feel a constant yearning for more, for something deeper

They had become her walls of this modern tv life
The walls of the modern, consumerist, and heavily mediated life she's living have trapped her in a prison of apathy

She closed her eyes
She closed her eyes

And let them fall away
Allowing the oppressive walls of her modern life to disappear in her mind's eye

And in her dreams she is standing by an ocean
In her dreams, she's in a place that offers a much deeper, more profound, and liberating kind of solitude

She is gazing out to sea
Staring out into a vast ocean without any disturbances and enjoying her true freedom

She can remember with just a fleeting glimpse
She can envision a memory of a time when she was truly free and happy

That she was once free
She was free at some point in the past, and she could feel it deep down

So long ago now, so long it was as if it had never been
But it's been so long since she's felt that freedom that it's almost as if it never existed

Was it a holiday
She's reminiscing about what could have been a particular holiday when she remembers feeling free

She thinks it could have been, ah yes, italy
The holiday she's remembering might have been in Italy

And he closes his eyes
He also closes his eyes

And he is gone far away
In his mind's eye, he is far away from the chaos and pain of his current reality

Gone from all the confusion
He's left behind all the confusion and ambiguity that plagues his life

Gone from all the pain
He's transcended his sufferings and found a way out of his crippling agony

He can easily see what a pointless waste
He now realizes how wasteful and meaningless his modern life, chasing fame and fortune, has been

His modern life has become
His life, consumed by modernity, has become

Chasing the gravy grain
He's only seeking after money and power

Chasing the dollar
Looking for more and more money

Chasing the clock
He's under the constant pressure of time and schedules

Chasing his male friends
He's trying to impress his male friends

Chasing the boss
He's after his boss's approval and validation

Chasing as it was everything
He's pursued and prioritized these things over everything else

It was nothing
All these things he'd been chasing were pointless and empty in the end

Only the sound of his own breathing was all he had
He finally comprehends that the only thing that's really his is himself, and that his own breath is all he has to live for

At the end of the day
In the final analysis, when it's all said and done

And reasons to wonder, reasons to cry
He has very good reasons to question himself, to wonder why he let his life take this path, making him feel sad and unhappy

Too late for this selfish sinner who never asked why
But it's too late for him now, he's wasted years living his life like a selfish sinner and never asked himself why he is pursuing what he's pursuing