Eyes Wide Open
We plunge into life with eyes wide open
Screaming for breath and savoring the light and air
Then the time passes as the bells ring and fear rolls in
Like an afternoon thunderstorm on a day of oppressive heat
It's so hot I can feel my bones
They're sliding against my muscles and skin
This is the time of certain uncertainty
Hiding fear yet loving the future
Fuck all the naysayers, forge ahead
Imagine if you had a choice to stay in the womb
What would you do
It's scary out there but you didn't know
You couldn't know
It was risky, very risky but it happened
Waking up is risky
Yet we took the ultimate risk at the very start
She gives me comfort that no one else can
To do these things
To be a man
We live our lives with eyes that fear
Fear what we can't see
We've been told about all of it
By people who do not see
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