Name: Were I to Close My Eyes
Duration: P00H04M16S
Description: Sleep can be evasive at times. It is frustrating, but there are times that lack of sleep brings about the most creative moments in our lives.

Were I to Close My Eyes

from per·fi·dy by Breaking Blue

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Sleep can be evasive at times. It is frustrating, but there are times that lack of sleep brings about the most creative moments in our lives.

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Now I lay me down to sleep
Pray the lord my soul to keep.

Dream a little dream tonight
Dream a dream for me.
Play the song I love to hear before I fall asleep.

Twelve oh oh says the red
Why can't I just rest this head?
Be blind to the passage of time that's going by?

Yellow light falls on this lonely room
I hold my dreams ransom tonight
held hostage to the passage of time that's going by.

Momentary satisfaction in dream
closing my eyes in vain.
Pretend that the time is my friend keeps going by.

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from per·fi·dy, released June 21, 2013
Lyrics and vocals by Chrystal Copeland, music by Randy Martin

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