Lyrics Eyes Wide Open - Powered by Joy

I used to think we shouldn't question
Authorities and their good intentions
But then I got this sinking feeling
There's a lot they're not revealing

They tell you life it has no purpose
You might as well chase the bread and circus
Or they say you gotta get religion
Either way you stay in prison

Now I see what life's about
Living with my eyes wide open
The official stories
Leave a lot to doubt
Living with my eyes wide open

On the eve of rock 'n' roll
We heard the shots on the grassy knoll
The panic
Erased by lads cross the Atlantic
They sent the poor to Vietnam
Coming home they were spat upon
Arms dealers got rich
While drugs baited and switched us around

Flashing lights throughout the discos
From NYC to San Francisco
Began to see the plot unfolding
It's our minds they're always molding

Around the clock they were hypnotizing
Between the songs and the advertising
We were numbed, but we loved our masters
We even drank the Kool-Aid faster

Now I'm free
To see what life's about
Living with my eyes wide open
The idolatries
I'm gonna kick them out
Living with my eyes wide open

All of a sudden there was shock and awe
We felt democracy's iron claw
The media breast fed us
Elitist agendas
We were told that thoughts were crimes
The first amendment's not with the times
We'll feel so much safer
With neocon saviors around

Through the years I got much older
And through it all I grew a little bolder
I'm calling out the so-called chosen
These emperors they got no clothes on

Now I see what life's about
Living with my eyes wide open
The official stories
Leave a lot to doubt
Living with my eyes wide open

The Wall Streeters never went to jail
They were deemed too big to fail
Pop music corrupted
Main Streeters bankrupted
Yes everywhere across the land
The truth is always shadow banned
Saying everything's fine
Have you got the right wine on your shelf?

But inside of me
I can see a spark
Living with my eyes wide open
Like a million LEDs
Shining in the dark
Living with my eyes wide open