From the recording Miles Apart, Standin' Still
Eyes That Are Openin’
“Eyes That Are Openin’” is about the hard and unsettling process of seeing clearly after deception has filled the room.
This song looks at the difference between faith that gives light and faith that gets clouded by fear, noise, and the voices people want to believe. It asks what happens when lies are spoken loudly enough, confidently enough, or from the right stage, screen, pulpit, or podium that people stop looking for truth and start protecting what feels comfortable.
At its heart, this song is about discernment. It is about the ache of watching familiar faces, familiar places, and even familiar faith communities change when truth becomes something people argue around instead of something they are willing to face.
“Eyes That Are Openin’” is a song about deception, reality, and the courage it takes to keep looking honestly at what is right in front of you — even when the truth costs more than the lie.
— Lane Alan Dumser
Lyrics
Faith’s a fire or a smoke-filled room
Depends on the eyes that are openin’
Deception talks loud truth don’t have to try
Reality don’t bend just cause a lie feels right
Saw a man on a screen talkin straight and tall
Half the room stood up half ignored it all
What if the man at the mic’s all lies
Nobody’s even lookin in his eyes
What if the voice behind the podium lies
Speakin loud while truth just walks on by
Faith’s a fire or a smoke-filled room
Depends on the eyes that are openin’
Deception talks loud truth don’t have to try
Reality don’t bend just cause a lie feels right
Church lot gravel under worn out boots
Used to shake hands now we just pass through
Same old faces but the feel ain’t right
Like somethin got lost in a single night
Their ears ain’t in gear cause you’re sayin what they don’t wanna hear
He’s sayin what they wanna hear
Who’s insane the one who listens
Or the one who won’t hear truth
Either way you’re talkin to a wall
Or you are the wall
It ain’t complicated like they make it sound
It’s truth or a lie that’s the line drawn now
Faith’s a fire or a smoke-filled room
Depends on the eyes that are openin’
Deception talks loud truth don’t have to try
Reality don’t bend just cause a lie feels right