She Closed Her Eyes

She closed her eyes And let the walls of her prison fall away The walls that ached with a timeless wait They had become her walls of this modern tv life She closed her eyes And let them fall away And in her dreams she is standing by an ocean She is gazing out to sea She can remember with just a fleeting glimpse That she was once free So long ago now, so long it was as if it had never been Was it a holiday She thinks it could have been, ah yes, italy And he closes his eyes And he is gone far away Gone from all the confusion Gone from all the pain He can easily see what a pointless waste His modern life has become Chasing the gravy grain Chasing the dollar Chasing the clock Chasing his male friends Chasing the boss Chasing as it was everything It was nothing Only the sound of his own breathing was all he had At the end of the day And reasons to wonder, reasons to cry Too late for this selfish sinner who never asked why --- She Closed Her Eyes - Chris Rea