The song “Eyes Wide” is about the intent of waking someone from a dream that they cannot get past. The singer strives to open the person’s eyes to what is really before him, but is taken back by how much it hurts to care for someone who is unaware of how much they are loved. This is reminiscent of the ending of the novel, in which the now elderly Abdullah is sick with Alzheimer's disease and does not recognize his sister Pari when his daughter reunites the two after decades of being apart. Both Pari and Abdullah’s daughter strain to spark some sort of recognition within Abdullah, but all attempts fall ineffective. In fact, due to the disease, he believes that Pari is an imposter come to trick him. He, too, in a way believes that he is keeping
