When I Close My Eyes Lyrics – Tom Odell

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[Verse 1]
The house, it feels so empty
‘Cause now I live alone
The kid next door keeps asking me where you’ve gone
And I tell him, I tell him you’ve gone home

[Chorus]
But when I close my eyes
You’re standing there, in front of me
When I close my eyes
It’s almost like it used to be
Then I realise you’re just a ghost
Maybe at most, a fragment of my mind
When I close my eyes

[Verse 2]
The days can be so lonely
So I stay out all night
My friends say “Take it slowly”, hmm
I tell ’em that I’ll try

[Chorus]
But when I close my eyes
You’re standing there, in front of me
When I close my eyes
It’s almost like it used to be
Then I realise you’re just a ghost
Maybe at most, a fragment of my mind
When I close my eyes

[Bridge]
Every thought I think
It cuts me like a knife
I just wanna bring
Bring me back to life
Tonight, the sun will set
Tomorrow, when we’ll rise

All that I’ve got left

[Chorus]
Is when I close my eyes
You’re standing there, in front of me
When I close my eyes
It’s almost like it used to be
Then I realise you’re just a ghost
Maybe at most, a fragment of my mind

[Outro]
When I close my eyes
When I close my eyes
When I close my eyes