Paul Stride: Music
Open My Eyes
Once in a while, a writer will completely pour their heart into an honest biography. It could be a temporary phase, an internal struggle, or even a happy occasion.
In this case, I've written about my feelings and struggle with depression. For so many years I felt ashamed, weak and withdrawn...at times even from those that care for me.
Chances are, if you don't have some form of it, you know someone who does. Let's end the stigma together. This song is my part.
Open My Eyes
What is so hard to find
Questions in my mind
Or answers redefined?
Confusion everywhere
An incongruent stare
And stigma doesn’t care
Open my eyes to the morning sun
Open my eyes if I come undone
Open my eyes when I need to see
Open my eyes if it’s killing me
They say that I must change
My thinking rearrange
Those memories estrange
Another touch of will
An inconvenient bill
For climbing up that hill