I just watched as the door closed for good
‘Cause I couldn’t keep it open

“I Can’t Keep it Open” is a beautiful ballad by Freya Ridings that appears in the Netflix show Archane (Season 2, episode1). Few soundtracks are able to transcend a show in the way this song can. You sit up, rewind, and ask yourself “what did I just hear”?!

The song expresses feelings of loss, sadness and regret in such simple and powerful terms. There are several highlights in “I Can’t Keep it Open”. The melody is amazing, delicate and haunting. Ridings’ piano arrangement is sparse but is perfect for the piece. The narrator’s unfiltered raw emotion comes across in this stripped-down arrangement that simply has a piano accompanied by her voice.

And Ridings sings the song beautifully. This is the most outstanding aspect of the song. Her voice—and the haunting delivery– transcends the show. How many songs have you heard that truly elevate a scene? When it happens, it is something special. Like a fusion of the senses. Whether you are a fan of Archane or not, “I Can’t Keep it Open” is a fantastic song–it might be the best in Ridings considerable catalogue.

I Can’t Keep it Open Lyrics

There is an ocean so dark down below the waves
Where you watch while these dreams gently float away
And there is a silence so soft it’s only memory
Like the way your voice always sounds when you sing to m

But I can’t hear it now
Just tell me how to keep breathing
While pretending I’m not drowning
I don’t know if I could
I watched a door close for good
‘Cause I couldn’t keep it open

I just watched as the door closed for good
‘Cause I couldn’t keep it open

Just tell me how to keep breathing
Whilе pretending I’m not drowning
I don’t know if I could
I watched a door closе for good
‘Cause I couldn’t keep it open

written by Freya Ridings