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

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

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,

The master of insanity Your freedom is gone He's taken everything You ever had But if you're strong you'll survive You've got to hold on Open your eyes Look all around

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

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

No false hope Now my world is in your hands Send in the congregation Open your eyes, step in the light A jukebox generation Just as you were Well, I met the seventh son He came for everyone The day he heard the lighting in the field

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

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

Sleep with one eye open Gripping your pillow tight I pray the Lord my soul to keep Say your prayers little one Don't forget, my son To include everyone Tuck you in, warm within Keep you free from sin Till the sandman he comes