Open Eyes from No Apologies by Lola Parks

This one was a long time coming. I wrote it years ago after spending two months in Zimbabwe at a hospital clinic then going through Mozambique and South Africa. Upon returning to Canada, I read "What is the What" by Dave Eggers and it ultimately culminated in this song.

Optimistic song about increasing awareness & acknowledging our individual and collective responsibility, as well as interconnectedness, to make the world a better place, especially in the face of atrocity (child war soldiers) and adversity (discrimination, pandemics, hardship), we are all one.

Album: No Apologies
Genre: S-S, Indie Folk
Subgenres: Indie Folk, AC, Alternative Folk
BPM: 103
Key: C#
Length: 4:38
ISRC: CA5TW2000007
UPC: 709388026625
Tempo: down-tempo
Mood: ethereal, optimistic, atmospheric, bittersweet, introspective, reflective, whimsical, cerebral, noble
Tags: female vocal
Feat. Instruments: female vocal, acoustic guitar
Lyric Keywords: open eyes, guns, child soldiers, walk on water, light, don’t walk away

Tracklist

7.	Open Eyes	5:07

Lyrics

You sigh but I pretended nothing
What you see and don’t act to me
It’s crazy
And you say it’s the plague

Look around and my head spins ‘cause
Don’t know what I’m supposed to do from here
And I’ll take it every moment I can
To stay in the moment, if i can, if i can

Chorus:
You and I are walking on water
But I can’t see the light of morning through the warning signs
Don’t walk away, don’t walk away
This time with open eyes

Had the time to gauge the situation
Get comfortable we might be here awhile
Do you know who you are these days,
These days, oh my

I know there’s so much brutality
Just a child, bearing war’s weaponry
We make lighter guns so our children can carry them

Chorus:

Here we are laughing ‘cause we just don’t care
Or we do but this is just how life ain’t fair
It’s so much easier to say it’s over there
Hold onto our lies, and live our pretty lives, but now with open eyes

Chorus:

Credits

from No Apologies, released September 25, 2020
Writer/composer: Sandy Powlik
Producer: Jeff Dawson
Vocals, guitar, piano: Sandy Powlik

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