Close My Eyes (Out Of Phase)

from Clockwork Heart by Whitherward

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I pick up the phone for to call
But I seem to have misplaced your number
Lost where the memories crawl under
To die

My chariot races to save me
But I seem to have drawn some ire - rony
Several events have conspired to be
Almost comical

So I leave you a message
With calling back digits
And my fingers, they fidget
As I wait more and more

Feeling a bit out of phase
And the silence is most distressing
Especially to the one who's undressing
In my mind

I've seen it all
And imagined much more
There's no repentance
For a lifetime sentence

Can I just close my eyes?
Can I just fall asleep?
Can I just close my eyes
Without pretending
That you're me

Phonograph recordings erased
From the ministry of the interior
Saying they were an inferior record of
Past tense events

Heroes are born out of fire
Through considerable testing in laboratories
Where fortune and failure are allegory
For the facts of life

I should be lucky
I should be grateful
I should be silent
I should be you

Can I just close my eyes?
Can I just fall asleep?
Can I just close my eyes
Without pretending
That you're me

I hear what you're saying but open your eyes
Your dashing young man wears a feeble disguise
He knows not his heart and he knows not his mind
And he trusts neither one for they both feed him lies

Can I just close my eyes?
Can I just fall asleep?
Can I just close my eyes
Without pretending
That you’re me
Can I just close my eyes
Without pretending
Without pretending
Whoa, pretending
I don’t wanna pretend anymore
That you’re me
That you’re me

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from Clockwork Heart, released February 2, 2016

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A little bit Simon and Garfunkel, a little bit Civil Wars, a whole lot of fun.

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