What is getting through a cancer “battle” look like? Keep Your Eyes Open by Needtobreathe give a fresh view of getting through the storm.
There is much talk of “Battling” cancer but how exactly do we do that? Maybe Needtobreathe in their song Keep Your Eyes Open have the right idea: maybe it’s about keeping your eyes open, but for what? I think part of it is about keeping your eyes open for the things around you that are trying to discourage you and wear you down. Yet let’s not forget the things inside us which the song mentions that can discourage like fear, sadness, pain, darkness. So when the yucky thoughts start closing in just do like the song says “Take back your former throne and turn the tide”.
If you could soldier on
Headstrong into the storm
I’ll be here waiting on the other side
Don’t look back
The road is long
The first days of the war are gone
Take back your former throne and turn the tide
Cause if you never leave home, never let go
You’ll never make it to the great unknown till you
Keep your eyes open, my love
So tell me you’re strong, tell me you see
I need to hear it, can you promise me to
Keep your eyes open, my love
Just past the circumstance
The first light, a second chance
No child could ever dance the way you do, oh
Tear down the prison walls
Don’t start the curtain call
Your chains will never fall until you do
Cause if you never leave home, never let go
You’ll never make it to the great unknown till you
Keep your eyes open, my love
So show me your fire, show me your heart
You know I’ll never let you fall apart if you
Keep your eyes open, my love
Open up
Open up
Open up your eyes
The weight is unbroken
Open up
Open up
Open up your eyes
Keep your eyes open
Don’t let the night become the day
Don’t take the darkness to the grave
I know pain is just a place
The will has been broken
Don’t let the fear become the hate
Don’t take the sadness to the grave
I know the fight is on the way
When the sides have been chosen
