These Eyes

THESE EYES

Verse 1

If you only knew what these eyes had seen

You might understand what silence means

I’ve watched good days turn black as night

Watched people disappear from sight

I know the terror behind a smile

The kind you learn to fake awhile

I’ve seen hands shake and voices lie

I’ve watched hope leave somebody’s eyes

Pre-Chorus

So when you tell me the world is kind

Forgive me if I take my time

Chorus

These eyes

Have seen too much to still believe

These eyes

Have watched the cruelest things breathe

They’ve seen the blood

They’ve seen goodbye

They’ve watched the strongest people cry

But somehow after everything

These eyes

Still look for beautiful things

Verse 2

I’ve seen blue lights paint the walls

Heard midnight footsteps in hospital halls

I’ve watched the living beg the dead

For one more word they never said

I’ve seen promises turn into smoke

Watched perfectly good people break

I know how quickly forever ends

How strangers leave and grief moves in

Pre-Chorus

There are pictures I can’t unsee

There are ghosts that still remember me

Chorus

These eyes

Have seen too much to still believe

These eyes

Have watched the cruelest things breathe

They’ve seen the fire

They’ve seen goodbye

They know exactly how hope can die

But somehow after everything

These eyes

Still look for beautiful things

Breakdown

Don’t ask me

Why I flinch at peace

Don’t tell me

The past should release me

You didn’t see

What I had to see

You didn’t stand

Where I had to be

Bridge

But I’ve seen sunrise through a dirty window

Flowers pushing through concrete below

I’ve heard laughter where grief used to live

And learned a broken heart can still give

Maybe beauty isn’t innocence

Maybe beauty knows exactly what darkness is

And chooses to exist

Final Chorus

These eyes

Have seen enough to turn away

These eyes

Had every reason not to stay

They’ve seen the worst

They’ve watched things die

They’ve carried hell behind them every night

But somehow after everything

After every goddamn thing

These eyes

Still look for beautiful things.