Open Your Eyes – English Lyrics

• By: Alter Bridge

Lyrics & Translation

Learning a language through music is a powerful tool, and Alter Bridge's "Open Your Eyes" offers a great opportunity. The song features clear, powerful vocals from Myles Kennedy and a repeating, anthemic chorus that is easy to follow. Its universal themes of hope, unity, and overcoming hardship are expressed through direct and heartfelt lyrics, making it both an inspiring and accessible song for language learners to connect with and understand.

[English]

♪ Looking back, I clearly see ♪

♪ What it is that's killing me ♪

♪ Through the eyes of one I know ♪

♪ I see a vision once let go ♪

♪ I had it all ♪

♪ Constantly, it burdens me ♪

♪ Hard to trust and can't believe ♪

♪ Lost the faith and lost the love ♪

♪ When the day is done ♪

♪ Will they open their eyes ♪

♪ And realize we are one ♪

♪ On and on we stand alone ♪

♪ Until our day has come ♪

♪ When they open their eyes ♪

♪ And realize we are one ♪

♪ I love the way I feel today ♪

♪ But how I know the sun will fade, mm ♪

♪ Darker days seem to be ♪

♪ What will always live in me ♪

♪ But still I run ♪

♪ It's hard to walk this path alone ♪

♪ Hard to know which way to go ♪

♪ Will I ever save this day ♪

♪ Will it ever change ♪

♪ Will they open their eyes ♪

♪ And realize we are one ♪

♪ Still today, we carry on ♪

♪ I know our day will come ♪

♪ When they open their eyes ♪

♪ And realize we are one ♪

(singer vocalizing)

♪ Will they open their eyes ♪

♪ And realize we are one ♪

♪ It's hard to walk this path alone ♪

♪ Hard to know which way to go ♪

♪ When they open their eyes ♪

♪ And realize we are one ♪

♪ Lost the faith and lost the love ♪

♪ When the day is done ♪

♪ Will they open their eyes ♪

♪ And realize we are one ♪

♪ Eh yeah ♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
see /siː/ A1	verb - to perceive with the eyes
know /noʊ/ A1	verb - to have information or understanding about something
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - a strong feeling of affection verb - to have a deep affection for someone
faith /feɪθ/ B1	noun - complete trust or confidence in someone or something
open /ˈoʊ.pən/ A2	verb - to move or adjust something to allow access adjective - not closed or blocked
dark /dɑrk/ B1	adjective - having little or no light
trust /trʌst/ B2	verb - to believe in the reliability or ability of someone or something
realize /ˈriː.ə.laɪz/ B2	verb - to become fully aware of something as a fact
carry /ˈkæri/ B1	verb - to support and move someone or something from one place to another
path /pæθ/ B1	noun - a way or track laid down for walking or made by continual treading
day /deɪ/ A1	noun - a period of 24 hours
alone /əˈloʊn/ A2	adverb - without anyone or anything else
vision /ˈvɪʒ.ən/ B2	noun - the ability to see; sight
burden /ˈbɜr.dən/ B2	noun - a heavy load or responsibility
change /tʃeɪndʒ/ A2	verb - to make something different

Key Grammar Structures

• Will they open their eyes

  ➔ Future simple tense with 'will' + base form of the verb

  ➔ 'Will' indicates a future action or prediction.

• I see a vision once let go

  ➔ Present simple tense used for general truths or states

  ➔ The present simple is used here to express a general truth or ongoing state.

• When the day is done

  ➔ Time clause with 'when' + present simple tense

  ➔ 'When' introduces a time clause indicating the moment in the future or past.

• And realize we are one

  ➔ Present tense verb 'realize' used after 'and' to connect clauses

  ➔ Using the present tense 'realize' to show an ongoing understanding or awareness.

• Darker days seem to be

  ➔ Present simple tense 'seem' used to express an appearance or perception

  ➔ 'Seem' in the present simple indicates an impression or appearance of something.

• Hard to trust and can't believe

  ➔ Infinitive 'to trust' and modal 'can't' used to express difficulty and inability

  ➔ The infinitive 'to trust' suggests the act of trusting, while 'can't' indicates inability.