Minnie Driver

Yellow Eyes

Minnie Driver


She had the yellow eyes of opal moons 
So full of love, how could she see? 
He thought he'd drown in them 
So he set sail 
Gracefully she dreamed him free 

The Indian Ocean washed him on her shore 
Flat backed on a dirt packed floor 
One eye on the door 
You're ten thousand miles away 
As the birds fly, and you want to die 
Because you let her go 

You say, you say 

Oh when she holds me, nobody told me 
All of the fear her love would bring 
If you could see me 
Would you believe me darling 
That all my fear was only love 

He had a one time look at paradise 
A white light, it was bright to blinding paradise 
All of the angels that you can't see 
When you're equating love 
Equating love, with never being free 

And you say, you say 

Oh when she holds me, nobody told me 
All of the fear her love would bring 
If you could see me 
Would you believe me darling 
That all my fear was only love 

She had the yellow eyes of opal moons 
You looked away from them too soon 
The best I can say to you 
Though I don't know when 
Is that I know you'll feel this way 
I know, I know you'll feel this way again 

And next time 

Tell her you love her 
You're always with her 
Even when you are far away 
Cause if she could see you 
I think she'd believe you darling 
That all your fear was only love 
all your fear was only love