![]() ![]() Her past is presented in the lyrics "I was a wayward child, with the weight of the world that I held deep inside" and "Life was a winding road, and I learned many things little ones shouldn't know." As described by David Browne for Entertainment Weekly, Carey "paints herself" in the lyrics as "A wayward child, with the weight of the world". The lyrical content of the song speaks indirectly about Carey's relationship with Mottola, and reflects on times in her life where she has had personal struggles and troubles. "Close My Eyes" is a downtempo piano led song, which runs for a duration of four minutes and 19 seconds. It was mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering in Portland, ME. It was mixed by Mick Gazauski at both Crave Studios and The Hit Factory. "Close My Eyes" was recorded at Crave Studios and The Hit Factory, both situated in New York City. Dana Jon Chappelle and Mike Scott served as the engineers, while Ian Dalsemer was enlisted as the assistant engineer. ![]() Additional keys, drum and rhythm programming, sound design and computer programming were carried out by Dan Shea. The keyboards, synthesizers and programming were performed by Afanasieff. It was also produced and arranged by Carey and Afanasieff. "Close My Eyes" was co-written by Carey and Walter Afanasieff Carey solely wrote the lyrics, while both she and Afanasieff composed the musical structure. However, Carey denied the allegations, stating she had only slept with her husband. Carey also faced media criticism over her choice of producers and several newspapers linked Carey romantically to several rappers, suggesting these relationships influenced her decisions. The breaking point came after a heated argument during a long recording session, over the album's musical direction. Growing creative differences with producer Walter Afanasieff ended their working relationship, after collaborating on most of Carey's previous output. The pressure of the separation and constant press attention began to take its toll of Carey. ![]() In contrast, Sony were concerned Carey, their best-selling act, could jeopardize her future success through her actions. Nevertheless, Carey resented the control that Sony, whose president was Mottola, exercised over her music, preventing her making music about which she was passionate. Carey denied taking a radically new direction, and insisted that the musical style of her new album was of her own choosing. Critics saw Carey's new production team as a form of revenge on Mottola and Sony Music. Throughout the development of the album, in a departure from her previous style, Carey worked with various rappers and hip-hop producers, including Sean "Puffy" Combs, Kamaal Fareed, Missy Elliott and Jean Claude Oliver and Samuel Barnes from Trackmasters. Carey's increasing control over her own career had led to speculation in the press over the future of the couple, and they later divorced. During the album's development in mid-1997 Carey separated from her husband, music executive Tommy Mottola, who had guided her career since 1988. 3 Composition and lyrical interpretationĬarey began working on Butterfly in January 1997. ![]()
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