Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Dashboard Confessional
Canonical path: /dashboard-confessional/open-my-eyes
Related lyric paths: 6
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Open My Eyes
Read Open My Eyes lyrics by Dashboard Confessional on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Open My Eyes
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I took a beating, hell I took some bad ones
Just trying to hold this thing straight
It's hard work, believing
You win some, you lose some
While watching your work go to waste
Don't know when to start running
Don't know if I've done it
Or whether to pull you in tight
When you're this deep in something
Can't be certain what's coming
But I got this cold feeling I'm right
So if you know something I don't
Won't you please, please open my eyes
Open my eyes
Open my eyes
I dragged some dirt in
I know that we both did
We dragged it all over the floor
From dancing turning
To pacing and worrying
There's wear deep in every board
There were two, now there's one
Down from so much to none
At some point somebody got tired
Is it easy for some
To know what's to be done
To make it or only keep trying
Well if you know something I don't
Won't you please, please open my eyes
Open my eyes
Open my eyes
I would stare at myself in the mirror
If I thought that I had any answers
Hell finding my way just by failure
So far we can see clear
So if you know something I don't
If you know something I don't
Won't you please, please open my eyes
Open my eyes
Open my eyes
Open my eyes
Open my eyes
If you know something I don't
Won't you please, please
Won't you please, please open your eyes
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