Spare me your sympathies of broken dreams
now honestly,
I'm not the man I used to want to be
And don't hold your punches I am strong enough to take the words, "you don't belong"
Cause I burnt my eyes to see the sun,
for what it is, not what the words of everyone has told me I should see
So make your conscience clear enough,
to make your judgements, when you look at me,
Cause gold and silver,
means nothing to the blind
So don't wear yourself down
before you find your eyes
And I'll wear a mask to hide from all the things you say,
would you cut off your toes to spite the chosen path you've led?
Just be the one you chose to be,
and let your words walk with you now instead
And don't drag me down into the waters that you drowned your sons and daughters in,
hoping to wash away the fear
To accept your failures less than your success,
is such a wayward path to steer
Cause gold and silver,
means nothing to the blind
So don't wear yourself down
before you find your eyes
You best believe there's a darkness in your heart to overcome,
Looks the same and takes the shape,
follow shadows from which you run
And all your friends and all your enemies, well they'll live and die as one
Cause there's nowhere to run
no there's no where, there's no where to run
Cause gold and silver,
means nothing to the blind
So don't wear yourself down
before you find your eyes
Before you find your eyes,
before you find your eyes