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We Shut Our Eyes

from We Shut Our Eyes by Belle-Skinner

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lyrics

I always pictured that one day
I would go back to the country
And you’d be there,
And you’d be waiting for me.

And you’d be standing at the doorway
Your figure outlined before me
The TV’s on, but no one’s watching it.
(ooh)

Go play outside
Go play outside
They’re rolling all the blinds down
Don’t pay them any mind.
You seek, I’ll hide
There’s no use in counting time
For you’ll never find.

And now I’m standing at the driveway
I don’t know why it took me so long
I guess that’s why I had the nightmares
Telling me that something was wrong.
And on the door’s a sign
It’s hanging flawless, black and white
I can’t read it ‘cause my eyes keep blurring all of the lines:

“We’re sleeping, dear
We were always waiting here
For you to come—
I’m sorry but we’re not at home.
We shut our eyes
We turned off all of the lights
We rolled down the blinds
I promise you that we’ll be alright.

We’re sleeping dear
We were always waiting here
For you to come
I’m sorry but we’re not at home
We shut our eyes
We turned off all of the lights
We get by when the nightfall’s coming,
But don’t pay it any mind.
We’re sleeping dear
We were always waiting here
For you to come—
I thought you’d known.

We’re sleeping dear
We were always waiting here
For you to come.
We shut our eyes
We’re flawless, black and white
But we’re out of time.”

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from We Shut Our Eyes, released November 11, 2016

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Belle-Skinner New York, New York

Belle-Skinner is an indie-folk artist from upstate NY/Bklyn who mixes mid-century pop with fingerstyle contemporary folk, and then makes you cry.

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