She closed her eyes   And let the walls of her prison fall away   The walls that ached with a timeless wait   They had become her walls of this modern TV life   She closed her eyes   And let them fall away   And in her dreams she is standing by an ocean   She is gazing out to sea   She can remember with just a fleeting glimpse   That she was once free   So long ago now, so long it was as if it had never been   Was it a holiday   She thinks it could have been, ah yes, Italy      And he closes his eyes   And he is gone far away   Gone from all the confusion   Gone from all the pain   He can easily see what a pointless waste   His modern life has become   Chasing the gravy grain   Chasing the dollar   Chasing the clock   Chasing his male friends   Chasing the boss   Chasing as it was everything   It was nothing      Only the sound of his own breathing was all he had   At the end of the day   And reasons to wonder, reasons to cry   Too late for this selfish sinner who never asked why