Before You Open Your Eyes

Before You Open Your Eyes

[Verse 1]

I held you close as the morning light

Broke through the cracks in a world not right

Your fingers curled around my hand

And I felt ashamed of the shape we're in

[Verse 2]

You didn’t ask for the smoke-filled skies

For poisoned streams or endless nights

You came so pure, untouched, brand new

But there’s a mess I’m handing you

[Pre-Chorus]

And if I could rewrite the past

I’d build a world that holds you fast

[Chorus]

I’m sorry, son, for what we've done

For every war we didn’t shun

For every truth we turned to lies

And every star we dimmed in skies

You’ll learn to walk on broken ground

I pray you find some beauty now

Before you open your eyes too wide

And see the world we left behind

[Verse 3]

There were better dreams I used to keep

But we traded them for easy sleep

I wish I’d left a softer start

Not handed you a world pulled apart

[Verse 4]

I see your eyes, and I still pray

That love will guide you through the gray

I won’t be there to clear the sky

But I’ll be the whisper when you cry

[Pre-Chorus]

But if you walk through all this pain

May you still dance beneath the rain

[Chorus]

I’m sorry, love, for all we broke

The silent seas, the dying oaks

For every lie we wrapped in gold

And every heart we left so cold

You’ll climb through shadows just to grow

But I’ll be with you, even so

Before you open your eyes too wide

And see the world we left behind

[Bridge]

But you are hope the world can see

A second chance for hearts like me

If I could give you more than tears

I'd trade my years to fix it here

[Pre-Chorus]

So take what’s broken, build it new