Eyes Wide Open

from The Salzburg Revolution by Kevin Heider

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If I were lonely and I were blind,
Where, oh, where would I go to find life?
Would I say “David’s Son, would you be so kind
As to spit in some mud and put it in my eyes?”

'Cause in this world of good intentions
That pave the road to, no, I won’t mention where,
I need to take my fears and bleed them dry
’Cause I can’t see clearly when I try to care

How can I climb Your ladder up
When Your blood’s still in the cup?
How can I love my neighbor home
When I’m still so blind and alone?

In a world far from disaster-free,
Full of our man-made catastrophes, we’re here Searching for the joy found in the pain,
This little boy has gone insane searching

Now at 1 a.m. on a freezer door
This artist sits where he’s sat before trying,
Trying to write a song about
Sorting all our problems out when he’s part of them

How can he climb Your ladder up
When Your blood’s still in the cup?
How can he love his neighbor home
When he’s still so blind and alone?

In this world of good intentions
That pave the road to, no, I won’t mention where,
I pray “Jesus, would you be so kind
As to spit in some mud and put it in my eyes”

Because I can’t climb Your ladder up
If I don’t drink what’s in the cup
And I can’t love my neighbor home
If I’m still so blind and alone, which I am
I’m blind and alone

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from The Salzburg Revolution, released May 1, 2010

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Kevin Heider Dayton, Ohio

Creator + host of the popular Song & Story podcast, Kevin Heider is a singer-songwriter from Dayton, Ohio.

Whether he's writing hymns or drinking songs, his music is imbued with an earnest social consciousness.

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