Open Your Eyes (What Would You Do?) is about the overall population of what’s going on around us and how we don’t see the real sh*t around us and all the dysfunction that happens in the world, saying open your eyes, and see the bigger picture around you.
[Verse 1]
As 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 crackhead asks for change nearby
An old man lies in an alleyway dead
A little girl lost just stands there and cries
[Chorus]
What would you do (What would you do)
If it was you (If it was you)
Would you take everything
For granted like you do
[Verse 2]
A boy just 13 on the corner for sale
Swallows his pride for another hit
Overpopulation there's no room in jail
And most of you don't give a shit
That your daughters are porno stars
And your sons sell death to kids
So lost in your little worlds
Your little worlds you'll never fix
[Chorus]
What would you do (What would you do)
If it was you (If it was you)
Would you take everything
For granted like you do
[Bridge]
You turn away
You turn away
You turn away
You turn away
[Verse 3]
As I walk along the streets
Soaking up the acid rain
Underneath the taxicabs
I hear the streets cry out in vain
[Chorus]
What would you do (What would you do)
If it was you (If it was you)
Would you take everything
For granted like you do
[Chorus]
What would you do (What would you do)
If it was you (If it was you)
Would you take everything
For granted like you do
Open Your Eyes was written by Aaron Lewis & Johnny April & Mike Mushok & Jon Wysocki.
Open Your Eyes was produced by Josh Abraham.
Staind released Open Your Eyes on Tue May 08 2001.