Shape by the clearest blue Like it always was Just another time we're caught inside Every open eye Holding on tightly to the sides Never quite learning why Whenever I feel it coming on You can be well aware If ever I try to push you away

(Open your eyes before you die) We're here because of you We're here because you were there We've arrived from every corner of the planet to this nation To seek the fulfillment of a promise of America We were promised a better life in our home

I'm about to make my way Heaven help me keep my faith I keep my eyes wide open Bless this ground, unbroken And my eyes wide open La di da da da na Everybody loves to tell me I was born an old soul Better keep my eyes wide open

Take my soul I don't need it anymore Come on open your eyes You're the cure I am looking for Don't let go Such strange ways to show who we are, what you know Put the life back in your heart Let's try forgiveness no self-deception Little less reaction,

Laying here in the morning light And all I want to do is hold you tight, just one more night 'Cause I'm in love with you Look, every time there's a new sunrise I open up my eyes And I say to myself, "In the whole wide world of guys I must be the luckiest

I really hate to break it to you but your life's being played with You have not witnessed the world 'cause you're stuck in the Matrix Everything we have been taught was all a lie Open your eyes, open your mind, and fly I was taught that education is the

I don't even know if I believe Everything you're trying to say to me So open up my eyes Tell me I'm alive This is never gonna go our way If I'm gonna have to guess what's on your mind You may call it in this evening But you've only lost the night Present

Show me the way Why do my dreams keep slipping away? Spent a whole lifetime running away And every time I close my eyes, I've lost another day Put me on an aeroplane A million miles away She's opened up a book of hate And tore a brand new page Tonight

Ohh, in the spotlight When you feel like I've been, You and your friend Everybody jump in, look at us now In the spotlight, No matter what's on the outside, Get it with your inside Open your eyes, duties of the spotlight On the floor

I'm by the wayside By the wayside Black eyes open wide It's time to testify There's no room for life And everyone's waiting for you And I'm gone, sitting by the phone And I'm all alone by the wayside Everyone's looking at you