When I Close My Eyes

Birds flying high

That's all I used to see

Until I took my pen

And drew birds lifting me

Up higher than the smoke

Above the barren lands

Past the sweeping canyons

Of my hands

Birds flying high

That's all I used to see

Until I took my pen

And drew birds lifting me

Up higher than the smoke

Above the barren lands

Past the sweeping canyons

Of my hands

With vivid colours, lighting up the skies

The image lingers when I close my eyes

Birds in the trees

They're singing a new song

That hums and soothes my soul

And tells me nothing's wrong

I'm in another world

Full of joie de vivre

The kind that makes you

Never want to leave.

But when I wake, it's hard for me to rise

The image lingers when I close my eyes

When I wake, it's hard for me to rise

The image lingers when I close my eyes

Birds flying south

They're off to better lands

While I am here at home

Just staring at my hands

My house is crumbling down

With all that I adore

And all I want to do is

Fly once more

But when I wake, it's hard for me to rise

The image lingers when I close my eyes

When I wake, it's hard for me to rise

The image lingers when I close my

Eyes

When I close my eyes

Birds flying high

That's all I used to see

Until I took my pen

And drew birds lifting me

Up higher than the smoke

Above the barren lands

Past the sweeping canyons

Of my hands

With vivid colours, lighting up the skies

The image lingers when I close my eyes

With vivid colours, lighting up the skies

The image lingers when I close my eyes