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 seventeen 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 is what you needed the whole time But you were just too young to understand The failures don't define your life You fucked 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 Until you opened your eyes