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When I Close My Eyes (I Still Can See You)

by Komie

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Sven B. Schreiber (sbs) The addition of vocals to the music of Komie clearly is a promising idea, and Idrise does his job very well. The sound of this single can be described as neo-prog with strong influences from album-oriented rock (AOR), and this is one of the genre combinations I usually enjoy very much.
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Komie's brand new single, When I Close My Eyes (I Still Can See You), is a driving, haunting pop-rock song featuring the passionate, powerful vocals of Idrise coupled with the innovative guitar textures of Komie. The song is the first of Komie’s material to feature lyrics co-written by Ira Besserman & Komie.

After the love of his life leaves him, the song’s rejected romantic, in a fit of epic masochism, visits Paris and retraces the steps he had once taken with his beguiling former lover. Haunted, he sees her everywhere he looks…but in a blink she’s gone. His heartache is only intensified by the City Of Love and the gorgeous sights seen once again, but this time without her. Back home and emotionally drained, he finds what he least expected…

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I saw that heart-shaped tattoo
There you were at Café de Flore
Just behind a linen breakfast menu
Looked once more
Gone like my Cabernet, you vanished
Am I hallucinating?
Or touched by voodoo?
At Versailles I thought I saw you
But you're a bird that flew far, far away
No one else could touch my heart that way

So lovely
A symphony
A luminosity
When I close my eyes
I still can see you
Intensely
You're haunting me
Will someone set me free?
Cause when I close my eyes
I still can see you

I took a wander through
The streets that we once danced our way down
Caught a glimpse of your bewitching les yeux
I came to
You were nowhere to be found
You got me so enchanted
Playing the fool well
Wish I hadn’t taken you for granted
You withdrew, leaving me under your spell
Ever since our first tender kiss under the silvery moon
I'd wait a thousand years for you

So lovely
A symphony
A luminosity
When I close my eyes
I still can see you
Intensely
You're haunting me
Oh won't you set me free?
Cause when I close my eyes
I still can see you

Oh when I close my eyes
I still can see you
So lovely, a symphony
Oh I can still see you
When I close my eyes

So lovely
A symphony
A luminosity
When I close my eyes
I still can see you, still can see you, yeah
Intensely
You're haunting me
Oh won't you set me free?
Cause when I close my eyes
I still can see you
Wish you only knew
I'd wait a thousand years for you, oh

I flew the whole night through
Empty house and wistful once more
Til I saw a hand with a heart-shaped tattoo
Knockin' on my front door

credits

released July 26, 2019
Lead Vocals: Idrise
Background Vocals: Idrise, Perrin York, Komie
Guitars, Bass, Keyboards: Komie
Music: Komie
Lyrics: Ira Besserman & Komie

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Komie Los Angeles, California

Guitar virtuoso Komie has enjoyed a successful career creating music for hit shows including Ozzy Osbourne's World Detour, NASCAR, Dateline & The Amazing Race. He's also won several Emmy Awards for best music. Despite these accomplishments, Komie desired something more: a project made purely for the art of it & produced with the highest quality possible.

Thus the concept of Afterglow was born. ... more

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