Wide Eyes

music & lyrics by Sherman Tabor

I want to dream again

Like when I was a kid

Not that twenty-five-year-old shit

Where you try to fly

But you’re so tired

You fall to the pavement

I want to feel again

Like I’m new in this skin

Want to let the cold rain in

And the wild winds

I want to feel all of it

‘Cause I’m up all night

With this restless mind

And I feel my youth

Leaving me behind

And then dreams I dreamed

About a big, big life

Feel so far away

When you feel so blind

But I want to see

So I’m keeping these

Wide eyes, wide eyes

Staring past the edge of the sunrise

Oh I’m wide eyes

Like why’d I

Let me get away

With just getting by

Oh, I wanna know what it’s like

To be ten feet tall

Want to know all I know

Is I know nothing at all

But I’m wide eyes

Wide eyes

I want to dream again

Want to slay the dragon

I want to ride on the wind

Feel it sinking in

I'm not afraid of falling

I want to love again

Like when I was a little kid

That fill-you-up kind of shit

Where the air is thin

And you could just die without it

Yeah, I want to see

So I’m keeping these

Wide eyes, bright eyes

Staring past the edge of the open road

Oh I’m wide eyes

Like why’d I

Let me get away

With just getting old

Oh, I lost my mind

I don’t want to find it

I know all I know

Is I’ll never stop trying to be

Wide eyes, Wide eyes

Wide eyes, wide eyes

Staring past the edge of the sunrise

Oh I’m wide eyes

Like why’d I

Let me get away

With just getting by

Oh, I want to know what it’s like

To be ten feet tall

Want to know all I know

Is I know nothing at all

But I’m wide eyes

Wide eyes

‘Cause I’m up all night

With this restless mind

And I feel my youth

Leaving me behind

And the dreams I dreamed

About a big, big life

Feel so far away

When you feel so blind