Open Up Your Eyes

Molly lost her sight when she was fourteen Blinded by disease, she was afraid of the dark She was tortured through the years with nonstop bullying She just kept getting stronger with each hateful remark 'Cause she can see The light shine in the night And she can see The beauty that's inside If you would ask her right this moment if she'd ever change a thing She would smile and just say, "There's a reason for everything" Open, open up your eyes Open, open up your eyes Ellen lost her son at only 17 The drugs just couldn't numb him from the pain anymore It's the saddest sight his family had ever seen Their hearts fell to their stomachs when they found him on the floor He couldn't see The light shine in the night He couldn't see It'd all turn out alright If he had stepped back for a moment and seen how much he was loved He would never lay his finger on the trigger of that gun Open, open up your eyes Open, open up your eyes Taylor lost her mom when she was twenty-four They didn't catch the cancer 'til too little too late She had never felt an emptiness like this before She didn't think she'd ever be relieved of the weight But now she sees What family really means And she still sees Her mother in her dreams If you could ask her in a moment what the lesson she learned was She'd say, "Never waste a moment with the people that you love" Open, open up your eyes Open, open up your eyes Contemplated death more times than you would think I'm thankful every day I was afraid of the knife I was left alone with me, it pushed me to the brink Until somebody showed me just how special is a life I couldn't see What really mattered then And now I see The value of a friend If you'd have asked me in those moments if I could escape that hell I would never have imagined I'd be doin' quite this well Open, open up your eyes Open, open up your eyes Open, open up your eyes Open, open up your eyes Open, open up your eyes Open, open up your eyes Open, open up your eyes (your eyes) Open, open up your eyes