[Intro - whispered, atmospheric] They say the eyes reveal the truth. But some eyes... see what the world has forgotten to hide. [Verse 1] There are things beneath the surface That the daylight never shows Stories sleeping in the stone Roots beneath the road You can tell me I'm imagining You can tell me not to look But I've seen the world change shape When I stopped believing what I knew And there you were beside me Rain falling through the night You didn't say a word You just looked at me... With those Irish eyes. [Pre-Chorus] Some see what is there Some see what they fear Some close their eyes So nothing gets too near But some are born remembering What others pass right by [Chorus] Irish eyes Irish eyes What do you see tonight? Beyond the veil Beyond the skin Beyond the edge of sight Irish eyes Irish eyes Don't tell me what I know Show me what is waiting there In the places I don't go [Verse 2] I used to think that seeing Meant believing what was shown Now I know perception Is a spell we cast alone We see what we are seeking We miss what we deny We teach the world its meaning With every passing eye A shadow becomes a warning A stranger becomes a friend A wound becomes a doorway Depending where we stand And suddenly the ordinary Doesn't look the same The world was always speaking We just forgot its name. [Pre-Chorus] Some see only darkness Some see only light Some spend their whole lives Trying to prove they're right But somewhere in between them The deeper truth survives [Chorus] Irish eyes Irish eyes What do you see tonight? Beyond the veil Beyond the skin Beyond the edge of sight Irish eyes Irish eyes Don't tell me what I know Show me what is waiting there In the places I don't go [Bridge - almost spoken] Look closer. What you fear may be waiting to be understood. What you love may be hiding in plain sight. What you believe may be teaching your eyes what to find. Look closer. The world is not always what you were told. And what you choose to see... begins to see you. [Instrumental - ancient Celtic atmosphere] [Soft fiddle] [Low bodhrán] [Distant uilleann pipes] [Atmospheric drone] [Whispered fragments] Look closer... Look again... Look beyond... [Build] I open my eyes. I loosen the story. I question the shadow. I welcome the mystery. I see. I see. I see. [Final Chorus - expansive] Irish eyes Irish eyes Open wide and see What was hidden isn't always lost What was forgotten still can be Irish eyes Irish eyes Look beyond the lie There are worlds beneath the ordinary If you know where to look Irish eyes Irish eyes Nothing stays unseen Every truth begins as something We were never taught to see Irish eyes Irish eyes Now I understand The world I thought I knew Was only one version of the land [Final Build] Words are spells. What you feed grows. And what you choose to see... becomes the world you walk into. [Outro - whispered] The spell was never in the eyes. It was in what I chose to see. Look closer. Look again.
