Macklemore - Close Your Eyes lyrics

[Introduction] Close your eyes You will see [Verse 1: Grieves] Cringed in the back of a van with no sleep Trying to make a good impression with my mic in my hand I feel weathered, but feel like I've been driving forever Showin' up to rock show or trying to hold myself together I've been better, but all things pa** This life is taking everything away but you're provided with your past So f** it--I stick to having dreams on the road But until this dream is done I'm gonna keep my eyes closed And breathe, breathe when it snows Breathe when I'm forced to live a life with a person on a phone Tied down to things I chose and fight the parallel of love every time I gotta pack up and go and keep breathin' Leave with the seasons Breathe and let the blue lights hit me on the stage when I am speaking Cause after the show when the last star shines I can make this all better when I close my eyes [Verse 2: Deacon The Villain] I'm in another zone where troubles gone Where sisters home and my bro leaves that stuff alone A place where life is easy for everybody else I wish that Earth was Eden and I put that on myself But we don't know it where we don't show it all For life ain't protocol, under sky, over law [Verse 3: Natti] I'm in another space where all the food is good And there's enough for everybody in my neighborhood Where all the gra** is blue, where we don't know 'bout green Cause money ain't a thing I pinch myself it's not a dream Where human form and uniform are unicorn it seems If I drew a horn in cuneiform it wouldn't mean a thing [Hook] Close your eyes Close your eyes Close your eyes Close your eyes You will see [Verse 4: Geologic] Between climbing and finding it not worth it Locked in a rhythm my timing is perfect I'm so zoned out of my mind I spit verses blind I think of home when I close my eyes So done with the smokes and fries Gas stations with clerks who never seen a Filipino in his life Drinks I shouldn't drink, things I never write Cities I never liked now it's like aight Got merch table weirdos, bros who want to cypher Girls who want to f**, but not vice versa My work is love no complaints I'm fine Its been a long night can't wait to close my eyes [Verse 5: Macklemore] I dream of an industry ego-less And free from the modern chains with these chains we're so deep in love Manufacture buzz bought just to keep us up Dreaming a publicist wasn't 2 G's a month And where it's not about numbers and math And I was content with really just a couple of fans And my happiness wasn't relying on tours and a van Merch sales, iTunes, MySpace and a band With the front, front row stadium packed And those that never gave me a chance I could throw it right back And scream at them "Look at me now, look at me man" Defeated myself as I ran circles around a track Kept running and gunning gunning success in my path f** being humble, humility is a step in the past I woke up and realized it was a dream Wide awake in the rap game, but life I'm asleep [Hook]