SkyCall’s Stop Living With Closed Eyes confronts the state of reality with a spirit that echoes through the ages, resonating with both the urgency of our present moment and the timeless struggle for deeper meaning. With Fabrice Duval as the sole force behind this evocative track, the song is not just a rallying cry but a philosophical inquiry into the essential human dilemma: the choice between passive existence and active resistance, between seeing and truly seeing.
Duval, known for his dual life as a psychiatrist and musician, brings a rare perspective to his music. With Stop Living With Closed Eyes, his poetic lamentation, “I see the world, falling apart…”, strikes like an electric shock to the senses, reminding us that awareness without action is as inert as living with one’s eyes shut. The opening guitar performance, fierce and untamed, becomes the sonic embodiment of revelation itself, an aural “awakening” that challenges listeners to face both the beauty and the chaos around them. By infusing old-school rock with modern angst, Duval taps into a genre that once served as a tool for awakening, much like the music of Bowie and Lennon, whose songs were less about entertainment and more about envisioning a more humane world.
In an age defined by cynicism and fragmentation, Stop Living With Closed Eyes carries forward Gandhi’s insight that the “power of love” must replace the “love of power” for true change to unfold. Through lyrics that seem etched in the modern psyche, SkyCall reminds us that the moral compass of society has been unmoored, reeling in a world often ruled by money and control. With capitalism described as an incurable “evil,” the song becomes both diagnosis and remedy – a testament to the possibility of resistance against all forms of manipulation.
The track’s cinematic quality makes it feel like the score to a yet-to-be-written revolution. Guitar solos that send the listener to the stars, rhythms that hold their pulse in defiance of conformity—all serve as reminders that every choice matters, that every act of seeing is an act of creating. As we find ourselves in a reality fraught with geopolitical tensions and existential crises, this song implores us not to retreat into apathy or despair but to embrace an active, conscious resistance to the forces that would have us live with our “eyes closed.”
With the split of SkyCall in 2023, Duval emerged as an artist determined to see his vision through to completion. Through the intricate mastery of this single, his message is clear: the greatest revolution lies in reclaiming one’s awareness and living with purpose. SkyCall’s single is a modern anthem, a philosophical call to action that reminds us that though the world may be “falling apart,” we, the people, are not yet defeated. We have added the opus to our New Music Spotlight playlist, and our TIMELESS playlist!