In Your Eyes

That summer day you told me I was grounded

I left the house and ran back through the yard

I kept the stones you gave me in my pocket

They remind me, remind me of Africa

We sat all night with my guitar

And whispered chords to the moonlight

You showed me different stars across the sky

And I was scared of the neighbor's dog

When all the stars were shinin'

In your eyes

In your eyes

For many years, I've tried to make it better

But the air was cold, and you didn't know how to swim

A thousand drops of water try to take us

And they still haunt me, they haunt me in my dreams

You saved our lives when I was four

And whispered words in the sunlight

You showed us different scars across your hand

It was early in the morning

When you kept the tears from falling

From your eyes

From your eyes

I can see it in your eyes

In your eyes

You and I are 'bout to enter our last and only trial

Feel the bittersweet creation, I'm grounded to the sky

And I keep you close like a summer rose, my childhood in your eyes

So climb with me back to the roof and show me different stars

All the songs you have forgotten are about to come alive

When the old becomes the new, I save them deep within my heart

All the endless themes like fallen trees are saying their goodbyes

And I need you by my side

Still I need you by my side

You remember when you told us 'bout the day you lost your hand

The reason you stopped playing, you passed the dream onto your child

And now I'm playing for you, I can see again the past

In your eyes

In your eyes

In your eyes