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- Open Your Eyes Lyrics / with translationsAs I walk along these streets
I see a man that walks alone
Distant echo of people's feet
He has no place to call his own
A shot rings out from a roof overhead
A crack head asks for change nearby
An old man lies in an alleyway dead
A little girl lost just stands there and cries
What would you do, if it was you
Would you take everything
For granted like you do?
A boy just thirteen on the corner for sale
Swallows his pride for another hit
Overpopulation there's no room in jail
But most of you don't give a shit
That your daughters are porno stars
And your sons sell death to kids
You're so lost in your little worlds
Your little worlds you'll never fix
What would you do, if it was you
Would you take everything
For granted like you do?
You turn away, you turn away
You turn away, you turn away
As I walk along the streets
Soaking up the acid rain
Underneath the taxi cabs
I hear the streets cry out in vain
What would you do, if it was you
Would you take everything
For granted like you do?
What would you do, if it was you
Would you take everything
For granted like you do?
© MY BLUE CAR MUSIC; GREENFUND MUSIC; I.M. NOBODY MUSIC; PIMP YUG MUSIK MUSIC; WB MUSIC CORP.;
I see a man that walks alone
Distant echo of people's feet
He has no place to call his own
A shot rings out from a roof overhead
A crack head asks for change nearby
An old man lies in an alleyway dead
A little girl lost just stands there and cries
What would you do, if it was you
Would you take everything
For granted like you do?
A boy just thirteen on the corner for sale
Swallows his pride for another hit
Overpopulation there's no room in jail
But most of you don't give a shit
That your daughters are porno stars
And your sons sell death to kids
You're so lost in your little worlds
What would you do, if it was you
Would you take everything
For granted like you do?
You turn away, you turn away
You turn away, you turn away
As I walk along the streets
Soaking up the acid rain
Underneath the taxi cabs
I hear the streets cry out in vain
What would you do, if it was you
Would you take everything
For granted like you do?
What would you do, if it was you
Would you take everything
For granted like you do?
© MY BLUE CAR MUSIC; GREENFUND MUSIC; I.M. NOBODY MUSIC; PIMP YUG MUSIK MUSIC; WB MUSIC CORP.;
Facts about Open Your Eyes
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Open Your Eyes is written by Michael J. Mushok Jr., Jonathan Wysocki, John F. April, Aaron Lewis.
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It is first released on May 21, 2001 as part of Staind's album "Break the Cycle" which includes 13 tracks in total. This song is the opening track on this album.
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When we delve into what the artist truly meant to convey, Open Your Eyes' by Staind calls for the audience to face both the decay of society and the indifference in their own lives, while at the same time using the powerful images of the city despair to rally the people against the existing order and to give birth to a new one. Open your eyes lyrics majorly portray the sadness, the social commentary, the angst, the reflection, and the anger. Moreover, through the song, disintegration of the city, poverty, and social apathy and indifference, as well as moral decay and loss of values, are all pointed out as important issues. The lyrics use strong language and explicit depictions of violence, drug use, and themes of societal decay and moral corruption, which makes it inappropriate for kids.
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Open Your Eyes falls under the genre Rock.
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Open Your Eyes song length is 3 minutes and 50 seconds.
Who wrote Open Your Eyes lyrics?
Open Your Eyes is written by Michael J. Mushok Jr., Jonathan Wysocki, John F. April, Aaron Lewis.
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When was Open Your Eyes released?
It is first released on May 21, 2001 as part of Staind's album "Break the Cycle" which includes 13 tracks in total. This song is the opening track on this album.
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What is the meaning behind Open Your Eyes lyrics?
When we delve into what the artist truly meant to convey, Open Your Eyes' by Staind calls for the audience to face both the decay of society and the indifference in their own lives, while at the same time using the powerful images of the city despair to rally the people against the existing order and to give birth to a new one. Open your eyes lyrics majorly portray the sadness, the social commentary, the angst, the reflection, and the anger. Moreover, through the song, disintegration of the city, poverty, and social apathy and indifference, as well as moral decay and loss of values, are all pointed out as important issues. The lyrics use strong language and explicit depictions of violence, drug use, and themes of societal decay and moral corruption, which makes it inappropriate for kids.
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Which genre is Open Your Eyes?
Open Your Eyes falls under the genre Rock.
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How long is the song Open Your Eyes?
Open Your Eyes song length is 3 minutes and 50 seconds.
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these lyrics are last corrected by OarSmaNSongwriter(s): Michael J. Mushok Jr., Jonathan Wysocki, John F. April, Aaron Lewis
Record Label(s): 2001 Flip Records & Elektra Entertainment Group Inc for the United States and Flip Records & WEA International Inc for the world outside of the Unit
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