Songfacts®:

• This melancholy number is a reflection on lost love and the persistent memories that linger after a breakup. Morgan Wallen questions whether his ex still thinks of him when her eyes are closed, no matter who is sharing her bed.
• Wallen has been linked to various women, including his ex-fiancée and mother of his son, KT Smith, reality star Kristin Cavallari and fellow country singer Megan Moroney. He hasn't said outright that the song is autobiographical, but the breadcrumbs are all there. After all, this is a man whose past relationships have been tabloid chum and whose voice carries the weight of a man who's both done the hurting and been hurt.
• While chatting with his buddy, Theo Von, on his This Past Weekend podcast, Wallen said his young son, Indigo, had a soft spot for this song.
  
  "I was just playing it, I wasn't even playing it for him, I just had it playing in the background because it was my first time hearing the demo of what we had done that day," Wallen recalled. "He was in the background and he kind of moseyed on over there and said, 'I like that song, daddy,' and it was the first time he had ever done that."
• "Eyes Are Closed" shares a thematic bloodline with Wallen's earlier hit, "Thinkin' Bout Me." That one even includes the lyric "Every time you close your eyes, tell me, who do you see?" Both are post-breakup meditations, though where "Thinkin' Bout Me" conjures up specific scenes – drinking, driving, bedroom intimacy - "Eyes Are Closed" is quieter, more internal.
• Wallen co-wrote "Eyes Are Closed" with Blake Pendergrass, John Byron and Ryan Vojtesak (aka Charlie Handsome). All three are regular collaborators in Morgan Wallen's creative circle.
• Joey Moi and Jacob Durrett produced the track.
  
  Joey Moi is Wallen's longtime producer and a key architect of his sound, producing all of Wallen's major albums.
  
  Jacob Durrett is a songwriter and producer who has worked on several other Wallen tracks, including "Sunrise" and "Cowgirls."