When I close my Eyes

“When I Close My Eyes” is a song inspired by an iPad app. Corrinne explains : “Claire (her daughter) has this iPad app where a little girl imagines doing these extraordinary things whenever she closes her eyes, things like reading her favorite book in space or being the fastest runner in the world. I figured I’d do my own version of what I’d love to see if I closed my eyes to dream.”

The song also features an unusual blend of music instrumentation.

“I heard, in my mind, a gospel choir singing back-up on the chorus and also had in mind the Irish whistle for the instrumental solo. It’s not everyday that these two elements get thrown into the same song, but I’m glad that it turned out just as I’d hoped.”

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When I close my Eyes

Corrinne May

I

When I close my eyes

I can see a rainbow

The colors all dance

Like beautiful halo

No longer walls

Between one or the other

And love is just a prayer away

When I close my eyes

II

When I close my eyes

I see no more abortion

No more violence to the voiceless children

Big or small, every life has a reason

The truth is just a prayer away

When I close my eyes

Refrain

Banish all our blindness

You are the only way

Strength in all our weakness

Break these chains

See the saints and angels praying as we bleed

Through the eyes of faith

Lord, I do believe

(Repeat Refrain)

III

That when I close my eyes

I can see you smiling

You’re free as a bird

And you're laughing and dancing

No longer chained

By the burdens that held you

I know you're just a prayer away

When I close my eyes