Closed Eye Kiss
Phase Lock 303
Romantic Suspicion · Cheater Exposed · Darkly Playful Rock
#VERSE
She closed her eyes, more than just a moment
For one romantic, never-ending kiss
She knew his lies were hiding something potent
That could easily destroy an evening like this
#PRE-CHORUS
But she reached one hand around the back of his neck
She felt his nervous shudder she had come to hate
Still, she pulled him down to meet her lips
And tossed all her suspicions in the hands of fate
#CHORUS
And that was the moment
Time moved in reverse
Back to the eighth-grade dance
When she made her wish
A secret prayer he’d always love her
And she’d never get hurt
Not wished on a star
But on a closed eye kiss
#VERSE
Her never-ending kiss quickly came to an end
His phone rang in his pocket and, yep, he answered it
He looked relieved talking on speaker phone with his best friend
She stared like a judge, holding back her verdict
#PRE-CHORUS
In an explosion of impatience
She grabbed the phone from his hand
Threw it on the ground and shouted
“I need to know!
You’ve been keeping me on standby
For seven long years
Am I just the warm-up act
For your ‘really biiiig show’?”
#CHORUS
And that was the moment
He moved in reverse
Flopped back against his car
Like an out-of-water fish
“I live for your love
You’re my only thirst
All the way back to eighth grade
And our first closed eye kiss”
#BRIDGE
But like a legal drama with a courtroom surprise
A new witness popped up to testify
His speaker phone was still on, face-up in the dirt
And his best friend unloaded a world of hurt
“He’s been cheating on you almost every Thursday night
When he says he’s throwing darts with all the guys
He’s been hooking up with Gina from senior year math
When I told him that I’d tell you, all he did was laugh”
#INSTRUMENTAL
#VERSE
His best friend kept talking
She picked the phone off the ground
He suggested, “If you need to vent
Just meet me downtown”
She immediately agreed
On a time and a place
Then threw the phone back in the dirt
And stomped—wishing it were his face
#PRE-CHORUS
And that was the moment she closed her eyes one last time
Blew him a kiss that meant, “I no longer care”
Then she left the cheating fish gasping for breath
With both her middle fingers held high in the air
#CHORUS
As she drove away
She slowly realized
She’d keep her eyes wide open
For decisions in life
Regretted that she ever made
That eighth-grade wish
When she gave her heart away
On a closed eye kiss
When she gave her heart away
On a closed eye kiss
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