Don’t Close Your Eyes Just Yet Verse One As you lay there holding my hand Your final words were, “I love you” They say we die twice in this life But I still speak your name like I always do. Don’t close your eyes just yet Stay with me a little longer There’s still so much I regret I still need my mother Don’t fade into the night Hold on till morning light If love could keep you here instead Don’t close your eyes just yet Why did I walk out that door Why did I leave you alone You shouldn’t have been by yourself In a room that felt so cold I missed you by twenty minutes Now I finally see You were shielding me from that moment Protecting me Don’t close your eyes just yet Stay with me a little longer There’s still so much I regret I still need my mother Don’t fade into the night Hold on till morning light If love could keep you here instead Don’t close your eyes just yet It took me time to understand I didn’t know how to grieve A week went by before I broke Then the tears would never leave You were always the strongest one The steady in our storm I tell myself there’s reasons now Though my heart still feels torn Don’t close your eyes just yet Stay with me a little longer There’s still so much I regret I still need my mother Don’t fade into the night Hold on till morning light If love could keep you here instead Don’t close your eyes just yet You kept your faith right to the end Held it close inside your hand A folded prayer inside your purse For your final promised land I lived so far away back then But now I’m home somehow The last place we were all together Is where I find you now I hope you’re watching over me As the weight begins to lift I wonder what you’ll say to me When we meet again like this Until that day, I’ll hold you close In every breath I get Don’t close your eyes just yet I feel you in the silence In every shadow, every step In strength and in defiance You’re with me in the night You’re with me in the light And when my own day comes to rest I won’t close my eyes just yet
