Brandon Heath- Give Me Your Eyes

I realize it's not original to love a song that's #4 on the Billboard, but I do. I just recently started listening to K-LOVE again (streaming it online), so this song is new to me. Living in New York, I have learned to block out the crowds and ignore people; there are just so many of them, everywhere, all the time. We all ignore each other. People think New Yorkers are mean and rude, but really we just exist in our own bubbles moving from Point A to Point B hoping to stay out of other people's way and expecting them to stay out of ours. It reminds me of Chapter 10 of The Phantom Tollbooth where Alec tells Milo and Tock that people in the city of Reality decided that things would be much more efficient if they went everywhere as fast as possible and didn't bother to stop and appreciate things along the way. As a result, the city withered away and became invisible. I want to learn to open my eyes, to see things and people the way God does. That's why I like this song so much.

Give Me Your Eyes

Looked down from a broken sky
Traced out by the city lights
My world from a mile high
Best seat in the house tonight
Touched down on the cold black top
Hold on for the sudden stop
Breath in the familiar shock
Of confusion and chaos
All those people going somewhere,
Why have I never cared?

Chorus:
Give me your eyes for just one second
Give me your eyes so I can see
Everything that I keep missing
Give me your love for humanity
Give me your arms for the broken hearted
Ones that are far beyond my reach.
Give me your heart for the ones forgotten
Give me your eyes so I can see
Yeah
Yeah

Step out on a busy street
See a girl and our eyes meet
Does her best to smile at me
To hide what's underneath
There's a man just to her right
Black suit and a bright red tie
Too ashamed to tell his wife
He's out of work
He's buying time
All those people going somewhere
Why have I never cared?

Chorus

I've been there a million times
A couple of million eyes
Just moving past me by
I swear I never thought that I was wrong
Well I want a second glance
So give me a second chance
To see the way you see the people all along