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acoustic performance of "Eyes Shut Tight", written summer 2009 after a particularly poignant experience in the city

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"Eyes Shut Tight" by Odist Abettor
(Copyright 2011 Luke Schutz)

If there was a way out, I’d be the first to see it
I was only looking for you with my eyes shut tight
I heard your words behind me and I watched my comfort fight
With the uncertainty of what is right

Take my hand (look into my eyes)
And shake my hand (see me for the first time)
Try to understand (I’m not the bad guy)
Just try to see me, Open your eyes and see me

So little I could do, but even less I did
Some small coins and you act like I saved your life
I could walk away thinking nothing could change but I
Hear a voice sayin’ if I stop then I just might

Take my hand (look into my eyes)
And shake my hand (see me for the first time)
Try to understand (I’m not the bad guy)
Just try to see me, Open your eyes and see me

Stare into a dark’ning mirror and watch these old eyes melt away
Not much now is clearer, erased into the gray
Perhaps it’s hard for us to admit the truth
That we all secretly want the same exact thing as you
A warm coat on a cold night
Cold water when it’s hot outside
A kind word to make us feel alright
Shelter from this rainy sky
A bit of food and a bit more time
For good friends not to say goodbye
For a chance to go back and change my life
If I had another shot I would do this right
To not feel so alone inside
To not wish that it was me who’d died
To know the answer to the question “why”
Or maybe just someone to look us in the eyes and not look away in shame
When all we really want to say is...won’t you

Take my hand (look into my eyes)
And shake my hand (see me for the first time)
Try to understand (I’m not the bad guy)
Just try to see me, Open your eyes and see me
Take my hand
And shake my hand
Try to understand
Just try to see me, Open your eyes and see me, Open up your eyes
Just try to see...

[If there was a way out, would I have been the first to see it
Was I only looking for you with my eyes shut tight?]

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from Cognitive Dissonance: The Hardscuffle Sessions, released April 26, 2011
Written by Luke Schutz
Produced by Luke Schutz and Joel Maze
Engineered by Joel Maze

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