More songs by Tom Odell
Description
An empty flat can be noisy. The floor creaks, the radiator clicks, and the neighbour's boy asks questions from behind the wall that adults try not to think about. Everything seems to be in its place, but the air has a taste of loss, like tea that has been left to brew for an hour. The days drag on, so it's easier not to come home at all than to listen to the echo of your own breathing.
And yet, every night it's the same: you close your eyes, and suddenly everything is as it was before. The one who is no longer there laughs, the light is soft, as if the sun had never set. Only then does the realisation come that this is not a miracle, but a memory stuck somewhere between the heart and the mind. A ghost with nowhere to go. And with it, silence in which you can hear longing living.
Lyrics and translation
Original
The house, it feels so empty
'Cause now I live alone
The kid next door keeps asking me where you've gone
And I tell him, I tell him you've gone home
But when I close my eyes
You're standing there in front of me
When I close my eyes
It's almost like it used to be
Then I realise you're just a ghost
Maybe at most, a fragment of my mind
When I close my eyes
The days can be so lonely
So I stay out all night
My friends, they take it slowly, hmm
I tell 'em that I'll try
But when I close my eyes
You're standing there in front of me
When I close my eyes
It's almost like it used to be
Then I realise you're just a ghost
Maybe at most, a fragment of my mind
When I close my eyes
Every thought I think
It cuts me like a knife
I just wanna bring
Bring me back to life
Tonight, the sun will set
Tomorrow, when we'll rise
All that I've got left
Is when I close my eyes
You're standing there in front of me
When I close my eyes
It's almost like it used to be
Then I realise you're just a ghost
Maybe at most, a fragment of my mind
When I close my eyes
When I close my eyes
When I close my eyes
English translation
The house, it feels so empty
'Cause now I live alone
The kid next door keeps asking me where you've gone
And I tell him, I tell him you've gone home
But when I close my eyes
You're standing there in front of me
When I close my eyes
It's almost like it used to be
Then I realise you're just a ghost
Maybe at most, a fragment of my mind
When I close my eyes
The days can be so lonely
So I stay out all night
My friends, they take it slowly, hmm
I tell 'em that I'll try
But when I close my eyes
You're standing there in front of me
When I close my eyes
It's almost like it used to be
Then I realise you're just a ghost
Maybe at most, a fragment of my mind
When I close my eyes
Every thought I think
It cuts me like a knife
I just wanna bring
Bring me back to life
Tonight, the sun will set
Tomorrow, when we'll rise
All that I've got left
Is when I close my eyes
You're standing there in front of me
When I close my eyes
It's almost like it used to be
Then I realise you're just a ghost
Maybe at most, a fragment of my mind
When I close my eyes
When I close my eyes
When I close my eyes