Open Your Eyes

He was a lost boy causing a scene mama said he's hanging with the wrong crowd
Kicked out of high school at 17 daddy wasn't very proud
Now that he's got nothing to show he’s blowing smoke just to tune everyone out
He finds it easier getting by when his head is stuck up in the clouds

There's no hiding from this one
It’ll come back to get ya

If you open your eyes you'll see a red brick house with the porch lights out in the neighborhood
You grew up in and all your friends are calling you but you're still running
From the fate you thought defined your life until you opened your eyes

A couple years a couple felonies no one's gonna hire you now
making moves just to make money so mama had to kick him out

And as the days go by
All she does is cry hoping that you’d

Open your eyes to see a red brick house with the porch lights out in the neighborhood
You grew up in and all your friends are calling you but you're still running
From the fate you thought defined your life until you opened your eyes

Your fate is all a lie
So just open up your eyes and see
The family that you left behind was what you needed the whole time
But you were just too young to understand
The failures don't define your life
You f***ed it up but you're alright
Now that you’ve been given another chance
And You hold him in your hands

If you open your eyes you'll see a red brick house with the porch lights out in the neighborhood
You grew up in and all your friends are calling you but you're still running
From the fate you thought defined your life
From the fate you thought defined your life until you opened your eyes