When I Close My Eyes

Intro

Omo, wetin go happen tomorrow?

Verse 1

I dey think 'bout the end of days

When the light don go and I no dey

Chai, this fear done grip my chest

I no know if I go rest or if I go protest

My heart dey beat like talking drum

Every second counting down to when I done

Walahi, I fear the dark

When my body turn to dust and I no leave mark

Chorus

When I close my eyes at night

I see the ending of my life

And the fear don take control

Of my spirit and my soul

Will they remember me at all?

When the curtain dey to fall

O God, I no ready yet

This fear I can't forget

Verse 2

I see my people crying out

But I can't hear them, filled with doubt

My mother's prayer, my father's pain

Will they still love me when I no longer reign?

E choke my breath, this heavy weight

I'm running from but cannot escape my fate

Abeg, somebody tell me true

What waiting for me when I pass through?

Chorus

When I close my eyes at night

I see the ending of my life

And the fear done take control

Of my spirit and my soul

Will they remember me at all?

When the curtain dey to fall

O God, I no ready yet

This fear I can't forget

Outro

Maybe peace dey wait beyond

Maybe this fear just wrong

But till that day come, I go hold tight

To the love and the light