[Intro – atmospheric] The doorsteps blur, one future then another, Old certainties are bending, growing frail. We stand before a life we can't discover, And you stepped back behind a safer veil. [Verse 1 – intimate] You chose the road so many walked before, A quiet house, a key that fits the door. But something in the silence starts to send A whisper that the story's not your end. And I don't ask you why you stayed inside, I only wonder when the night is long: When all the rooms are still and lights have died, What dream behind your eyes remains unsung? [Pre-Chorus – rising] They told us all a story and a frame, A life, a love, a candle with a name. But the candle's burning faster in the dark, And the dark is full of some restless spark. I don't believe you ever truly chose, You just got used to wearing handed clothes That someone else had cut and sewn for you, And now you can't remember what was true. [Chorus – anthemic, soaring] Is it the dream a billion souls have worn? Or something more behind your eyes, untorn? Something wild that never found its form, Something crying to be born. Is it the dream they handed you to keep? Or something restless, waking while you sleep? Behind your eyes, behind the silent weep, What secret do you bury deep? What did you put away without a fight To wear the ordinary day and call it right? Behind your eyes, behind the fading light, I wonder if you're alright. [Verse 2 – building] We're on the doorstep of a doorless hall, The old scripts crack, the new ones haven't formed. You chose the garden with a garden's wall, I chose the wind that can't be kept or warmed. You built your life on what a life should be, A borrowed shape, a hand-me-down design. But something in the space you left for me Says you were searching for a different sign. [Pre-Chorus – stronger] They say we'll want the ending and the rest, They say the quiet life will pass the test. But I've seen what the seeking mind can build, And I won't stop until the void is filled. Maybe you're happy with the fading light, Maybe eighty years of echoes is your right. But I need the ocean, I need the deep, I need the secrets that the long years keep. [Chorus – bigger, layered] Is it the dream a billion souls have worn? Or something more behind your eyes, untorn? Something wild that never found its form, Something crying to be born. Is it the dream they handed you to keep? Or something restless, waking while you sleep? Behind your eyes, behind the silent weep, What secret do you bury deep? What did you put away without a fight To wear the ordinary day and call it right? Behind your eyes, behind the fading light, I wonder if you're alright. [Bridge – stripped back, fragile] I'm not the one who stays inside the frame, I'm not the one who guards a single name. I'm choosing every fire, every shore, I'm choosing not to close a single door. But I see you in the distance, calm and small, A figure that I thought I knew, that's all. And I hope the garden you keep grows bright Behind your eyes, behind the quiet night. [Final Chorus – soaring, triumphant ache] Is it the dream a billion souls have worn? Or something more behind your eyes, untorn? Something fierce that never took a form, Something burning to be born. Is it the dream they handed you to keep? Or something hungry, stirring from its sleep? Behind your eyes, behind the quiet deep, What truth did you not dare to speak? What did you put away without a fight To wear the ordinary day and call it right? Behind your eyes, behind the fading light, I wonder if you're alright. [Outro – fading, distant] The doorsteps blur, we're crossing one by one. The old world's ending, the new one's just begun. And I'll be on the far side, watching skies, Still wondering what you keep behind your eyes.
