Keep Your Eyes Open

I try to be that light
Spread the love to all in sight
But inside, I feel lost
Though sometimes, I am not

There's never enough time
To focus on my life
My ambitions left to rust
My dreams left to rot

Because the clock's never stoppin'
Just as soon as I start rockin'
My job comes a-knockin'
The doors to freedom are lockin'

Every week I lose dozens
Of hours for almost nothin'
I scrape by on the crumbs and
Slowly die from all the runnin'

I have much for which I'm thankful
I live in comfort, and survival
Costs far less effort in the first-world
But all the work still takes its toll

It leaves much more to be desired
It makes my soul feel tired
It tries to put out my fire
Stretches me thin as a wire

I have to work, and eat, and sleep, and clean
Then I have very little time in between
Most of it, I spend helping
Family and friends with whatever they need
And simply spending time with those I love
Cause any day might be their time to leave
And all I'll have left are the memories
And vice versa too, when death chooses me

So what's left of my own fire within?
A disappointing glimpse of what could have been
I want to do so many things
But this fucking world tears off your wings

I want to draw, to write, to play, to sing
To learn all I can about everything
To share my heart in the form of art
To bring the light into the dark

I don't have enough time to take off and fly
I'm chained to the ground to look up at the sky
But I never give up hope that one day we'll all be free
We must keep our eyes open so one day we'll each find the key

Until then, I stretch my chain as far as it will go
Create when I can, and it heals my aching soul
Though I don't have the time to fill up every hole
I keep my fire going until the day we're all whole