Eyes Off Me

The story

You looked, you always look, but did you see? I gave the lights and the stage everything, and the gaze turned into a prison built from other people's praise. Tonight the floor is mine alone, and alone is just another word for home. I'm not the light. I'm what the light moves through, and you only find me when you close your eyes.

Lyrics

You looked.
You always look.
But did you see?

I gave you the lights, I gave you the stage
I gave you the skin, I gave you the cage
You took a picture, framed it on your wall
Called it love but you missed it all

I was right there underneath the glow
Moving at a speed you'll never know
Every headline, every click, every stare
You were looking everywhere but there

Stop watching
Start feeling
The surface is the ceiling
Break it

Eyes off me
If you wanna see me
Eyes off me
Then you're gonna feel me
I'm not the light
I'm what the light moves through
Eyes off me
And I'll come to you

You said I was beautiful, I heard you lie
Not because you're wrong but because you're blind
Beauty is the lock, not the key
You keep polishing the door and missing me

I danced for a thousand empty rooms
Sang to mirrors, howled at moons
But tonight the floor is mine alone
And alone is just another word for home

Stop watching
Start feeling
The surface is the ceiling
Break it, break it, break it

Eyes off me
If you wanna see me
Eyes off me
Then you're gonna feel me
I'm not the woman
I'm not the dream
I'm the space between the space between
Eyes off me
Eyes off me

I used to crave the spotlight
I used to need the gaze
But the gaze was just a prison
Built from other people's praise

You wanna know what's real?
Close your eyes
I'm closer in the dark
Than I ever was in light

Eyes off me
And you'll finally see me
Eyes off me
And you'll finally free me
Not the skin, not the stage
Not the song, not the cage
I'm the pulse underneath the bass
I'm the silence in the space

Eyes off me
Eyes on us
Eyes off me
Eyes on us

You looked.
You finally looked.
And there was nothing there.
And nothing was everything.