Lyrics:

VERSE 1

The hands still turn, yet time begins to fade,

The echo lingers where the shadow swayed.

A door unlocked, the latch undone at last,

The tether frays, unshackled from the past.

VERSE 2

Your days were light and dark, both fate and fire,

A life of threads unspooled through loss and choir.

The voice unheard still sang in signs and hands,

A world of silence few could understand.

OHHH!

CHORUS

Davey, it’s time to nod your head,

Close your eyes, the day has fled.

The ink is dry, the paper folds in grace,

Your name is signed in space

—So… close your eyes…

VERSE 3

The weight you bore dissolves like morning mist,

No chain remains, no burden to resist.

The dam retreats, yet whispers on the shore,

A voice once loud now speaks in waves no more.

Ohhh…

CHORUS

Davey, it’s time to nod your head,

Close your eyes, the day has fled.

The ink is dry, the paper folds in grace,

Your name is signed in space

…just… close your eyes…

BRIDGE

Yet somewhere far, where silent echoes roam,

The thread still hums, unbroken, leading home.

Beyond the veil, where endless waters flow,

One day we’ll wake and know… we always know…

INSTRUMENTAL

FINAL CHORUS

Davey, it’s time to nod your head,

Close your eyes, the day has fled.

The ink is dry, the paper folds with grace,

Your name is signed in time and space

—you have closed your eyes…

—you have closed… your eyes…

Copyright Simon Orton 2025 | Original 1983, adapted 2016 and 2025