Give Me Your Eyes
Brandon Heath Lyrics

Looked down from a broken sky
I gazed at the city sky from a broken, disfigured place.

Traced out by the city of lights
The light-filled city had been outlined and designed.

My world from a mile high
From a high altitude, I behold the world that I traverse.

Best seat in the house tonight
From my current vantage point, I have the most advantageous view.

Touch down on the cold blacktop
I landed on the unheated, dark surface of the runway.

Hold on for the sudden stop
I braced myself for the unexpected sight of the landing.

Breathe in the familiar shock of confusion and chaos
I inhaled the customary disorientation and disarray.

All those people going somewhere, why have I never cared
Although people are going places, I feel like I've never cared.

Give me your eyes for just one second
Allow me to momentarily experience what you usually see with your eyes.

Give me your eyes so I can see,
Please grant me the clarity to see.

Everything that I keep missing,
Help me discover everything I'm overlooking.

Give your love for humanity.
Bless me with your love towards humanity.

Give me your arms for the broken-hearted
Let me console the broken-hearted with your embrace.

The ones that are far beyond my reach.
These individuals are beyond my influence or control.

Give me Your heart for the ones forgotten.
Strengthen me with your heart for those who are overlooked.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I agree.

Step out on the busy street.
I stepped outside onto a bustling street.

See a girl and our eyes meet.
My gaze met with that of a girl.

Does her best to smile at me.
She made an effort to beam at me.

To hide what's underneath.
She concealed what lurked beneath the surface.

There's a man just to her right
To her right stood a man.

Black suit and a bright red tie.
He donned a black outfit and vibrant red tie.

Too ashamed to tell his wife he's out of work, he's buying time.
He refrained from admitting to his spouse that he was unemployed, opting instead to stall.

I've been there a million times
I've experienced that scene countless times.

A couple million lives
So many lives to witness.

Just moving past me by, I swear I never thought that I was wrong.
People, lives, just kept silently evolving, and I didn't realize that was wrong.

But I wanna second glance so give me a second chance
I just need a second chance so I can have a closer look.

To see the way you've seen the people all along
I want to see people the way you have always viewed them.

That I keep missing
The things I keep overlooking.