Am I unwise to open up your eyes to love me?

In “Run To Me”, The Bee Gees’ demonstrate beautiful harmonies. Notice how they layer the vocals. They add one voice at a time during the chorus so that you can really hear their mastery of harmonizing. If you like harmonies, they are tier one, up there with The Beach Boys and Simon and Garfunkel.

I feel that “Run To Me” is on of The Bee Gees more accessible songs for non-Bee Gees fans as there is minimal falsetto, it is a rock song with a great melody, it isn’t disco and the vocal vibrato is mostly minimized. Sometimes Barry can go crazy with the vibrato—but that was his thing.

“Run to Me” asks an interesting question: “Am I unwise to open up your eyes to love me?” That is, how much action should I take to make someone love me versus just hoping that someone will naturally be drawn to me. If I open up someone’s eyes, does that make the love any less pure? I don’t think so. Perhaps Cupid just needs a kick in the ass sometimes.

But it would be nice if life were like the movies were everything was a series of meet-cutes where we were stumbling into potential partners every day. Since it isn’t, we might have to actively open up someone’s eyes to receive love.

Run To Me Lyrics

If ever you’ve got rain in your heart
Someone has hurt you, and torn you apart
Am I unwise to open up your eyes to love me?

And let it be like they said it would be
Me loving you girl, and you loving me
Am I unwise to open up your eyes to love me?

Run to me whenever you’re lonely
(To love me)
Run to me if you need a shoulder
Now and then, you need someone older
So darling, you run to me

And when you’re out in the cold
No one beside you, and no one to hold
Am I unwise to open up your eyes to love me?

And when you’ve got nothing to lose
Nothing to pay for and nothing to choose
Am I unwise to open up your eyes to love me

Run to me whenever you’re lonely
(To love me)
Run to me if you need a shoulder
Now and then, you need someone older
So darling, you run to me

Run to me whenever you’re lonely
Run to me if you need a shoulder
Now and then, you need someone older
So darling, you run to me

Run to me whenever you’re lonely
Run to me if you need a shoulder
Now and then, you need someone older
So darling, you run to me

Songwriters: Barry Gibb / Maurice Ernest Gibb / Robin Hugh Gibb