If you can't sleep, just lie here with your eyes open.

He was lying with his eyes, something I'd only managed to learn recently, and part of me is sad about that.

But I'd learned lately to lie even with my eyes.

It was almost sad that I could lie with my eyes.

"But, constantly, I was lying in bed with my eyes open."

"He was lying here by himself, with his eyes wide open, on his left side."

He was lying with his eyes open, staring at a woman's face.

"Then why are you lying there with your eyes closed?"

To use the machine, a person lies on their back with their eyes shut.

She was lying with her eyes open, staring at the ceiling.