Open Your Mind
Melissa Etheridge Lyrics

How come there's so many people willing to suffer?
Why are there so many people who choose to endure pain?

So they get up and suffer every day
Therefore, they continue to experience agony day after day and do not seek a way out.

They think they were put on this earth to suffer
Some people believe that their purpose or destiny is to suffer in their lifetime.

And by god they're gonna suffer
These individuals are determined to experience pain and refuse to do anything to prevent it.

Until they suffer their lives away
As a result, they endure agony until it consumes their entire life and existence.

How come so many are willing to say
Why are there a lot of people who state that there is no logic in life?

There is no sense there is no plan
These people claim that there is no order or purpose in life.

Yet they will not believe the ancient mysteries
However, they refuse to acknowledge the concepts that have been passed down through generations.

Passed down through time in to their hands
Ideas that have been transmitted from one generation to another are also present in their possession.

If my choice is despair or wonder
In a situation where I have to pick between misery or fascination,

On the line between truth and belief
At the border of what is factual and what is accepted as true,

Do I just let the tide take me under
Should I allow myself to be overtaken by my thoughts and emotions completely?

Or do I let the fascination
If not, can I choose to be attracted to new and unique ideas?

Come on and rain all over me
Allowing new perspectives to fall upon me and shape my thoughts and beliefs.

Open your mind
Be open to new perspectives and ideas.

Cause you have been blind
You have been limited by your past beliefs and experiences.

Imagine the answers
Visualize and be receptive to possible solutions and answers.

Or questions will be all you find
Otherwise, doubts and uncertainties will hinder your growth and potential progress.

The grooves in my life were unforgiving
The routine that I have been following has become very harsh over the years.

Over the years I laid them down night after night
This pattern has been established over a long time and applied repeatedly every day.

Work eat sleep
This cycle involves working, eating, and sleeping.

Suffocating my delight
This recurring routine prevents me from pursuing opportunities that bring me joy.

I was dragged into the light
I was forced to confront truths that were previously ignored or hidden.

Into the stillness
Towards a state of peace and tranquility.

Into a white hot flame of my deepest fears
Towards confronting my most profound and frightening anxieties.

And when I came crashing through
After this experience, I was able to break through self-imposed boundaries.

Humbled and true
After going through this process, I was more modest and genuine.

I was better than I'd been in years
Overall, this experience was beneficial for me and led to an improvement in my well-being.

If my choice is end or beginning
If I am forced to select between termination and commencement,

In my perception between death and life
Between what is seen as the end of one's existence and its continuation,

I'll keep on with this message I'm sending
I will continue to promote and spread the message of openness and the search for new perspectives.

You may not know how or when
One may be uncertain of the specifics of this journey.

But don't you want to know why
Nevertheless, isn't it crucial to be curious and learn more about life's workings and mysteries?

Oh oh oh oh
Vocalizing and expressing the song's melody.