Back Of My Eyelids

[Verse 1]
Fighting sleep again
Head drops, coffee cold
Highway lines are blurring
I’m too tired to be this bold
Eyes close for a heartbeat
Just a blink, I swear
But the dark rolls in like thunder
And I’m falling through that chair
[Chorus]
Back of my eyelids, like a movie screen
Horror, blood, fear in every scene
I jolt awake, hand on my chest (oh)
Praying for a peaceful rest
I’m fighting sleep, but sleep fights mean
Back of my eyelids, plays what I’ve seen
[Verse 2]
Doctor says it’s “memories”
I say it feels like sin
Things I did, things I couldn’t do
Come crawling from within
Her face in that white hallway
Red stain on my shirt
I taste metal in the silence
Like I’m bleeding with the dirt
[Chorus]
Back of my eyelids, like a movie screen
Horror, blood, fear in every scene
I jolt awake, hand on my chest (yeah)
Praying for a peaceful rest
I’m fighting sleep, but sleep fights mean
Back of my eyelids, plays what I’ve seen
[Bridge]
If I lay this burden down
Tell the truth, speak her name
Could I trade these midnight terrors
For a softer kind of pain? (mm)
’Til then I ride these hours
Just me and this old TV
Too scared to close my eyes
’Cause I know what’s waiting for me
[Chorus]
Back of my eyelids, like a movie screen
Horror, blood, fear in every scene
I jolt awake, hand on my chest
Praying for a peaceful rest
I’m fighting sleep, but sleep fights mean
Back of my eyelids, plays what I’ve seen
Yeah I’m fighting sleep, but sleep fights mean
Back of my eyelids, it’s killing me

country, Heartfelt modern country ballad with male vocals; warm fingerpicked acoustic and gentle pedal steel in the verses, brushed snare and soft bass easing in on the chorus. Subtle organ pad underlines the haunted mood, chorus lifts with close harmony stacks and a touch of reverb. Final chorus strips back to mostly vocal and guitar for an intimate, vulnerable close., heartfelt, sleep