This song is written as the perspective of the boys in the street, as a whole, and what path they are going to choose as they get older and grow into men. (This is why the music video takes place in an orphanage.) The seen, and unseen collective suffering is imbedded in the boys’ mind, consciously or subconsciously, and is haunting them. Which path will the boys choose? Issac Hayes is the voice of reason, maybe God, the angel on his shoulder, or the voice of his forefathers from beyond the grave who can see the big picture and are pleading with the boys not to continue the violence and pattern of killing their brothers, but to rise above. The most beautiful song and has so many levels. Racism towards African Americans in America would not exist if everyone sat down and listened to this song and understood the history behind the words. The power, fear, pleading in RZA and Ghostface voices are genuine and powerful. Issac Hayes’ strong voice makes the perfect strong father figure, who is possibly from beyond the grave.
Well it's a lonely road that you have chosen,
Morning comes and you don't want to know me anymore,
And it's a long time since your heart was frozen,
Morning comes and you don't want to know me anymore
For a moment your eyes open and you know,
All the things I ever wanted you to know,
I don't know you and I don't want to,
Till the moment your eyes open and you know
That it's a lonely place that you have run to,
Morning comes and you don't want to know me anymore,
And it's a lonely end that you will come to,
Morning comes and you don't want to know me anymore
For a moment your eyes open and you know,
All the things I ever wanted you to know,
I don't know you and I don't want to,
Till the moment your eyes open and you know
For a moment your eyes open and you know,
All the things I ever wanted you to know,
I don't know you and I don't want to,
Till the moment your eyes open and you know
Morning comes and you don't want to know me anymore,
And it's a long time since your heart was frozen,
Morning comes and you don't want to know me anymore
For a moment your eyes open and you know,
All the things I ever wanted you to know,
I don't know you and I don't want to,
Till the moment your eyes open and you know
That it's a lonely place that you have run to,
Morning comes and you don't want to know me anymore,
And it's a lonely end that you will come to,
Morning comes and you don't want to know me anymore
For a moment your eyes open and you know,
All the things I ever wanted you to know,
I don't know you and I don't want to,
Till the moment your eyes open and you know
For a moment your eyes open and you know,
All the things I ever wanted you to know,
I don't know you and I don't want to,
Till the moment your eyes open and you know
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Your Eyes Open Lyrics as written by Timothy James Rice-oxley Richard David Hughes
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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This could be about a girl who is choosing the ways she shoudln't be going, she doesnt want to see her lover anymore or want to know him. but thats not the way its supposed to be but he understands what she's going though so he is going to leave her alone.but she needs to open her eyes and see what and why she is actually doing.Well it's a lonely road that you have chosen
Morning comes and you don't want to know me anymore
For a moment your eyes open and you know All the things I ever wanted you to know I don't know you and I don't want to Till the moment your eyes open and you know
I love keane...I introduced this album to my girl/soon to be wife and it just took us to another level.....i feel this song is about realization....its about a relationship thats gone astray as a result of his love's mentality changing...she becomes cold and unaffectionate and doesnt want him for the right reasons...she realizes for a brief second but she doesnt change....and this is his plea to her to change
I'm tempted to post what Tim said about the meanings, but I'll refrain.
I agree, Asian.
I relate to this song... I think it's about a friend who TOTALLY changed and that friend has started to ignore you and think that she is better than everyone. It's basically saying I don't know you anymore and I don't want to know you... and when your eyes finally open you'll see everything that you lost by acting that way, you'll realize.
Maybe I'm the only one, but I see this as a guy who's always liked this girl but never really knew her, he just kinda liked her from afar. And she's never noticed him because she's had her own relationship issues to deal with or she's just not into him. And then they sleep together and the next morning she regrets it. So when she opens her eyes she realizes how much he really cares for her and he wants to hate her now because it was just a one night stand, but when her eyes open, he realizes he still wants her.
Keane have a lot of songs like this, eg everybody's changing, bedshaped, walnut tree etc about a friend forgetting about them/leaving them.
Neonbliss has pretty much the same opinion I do. I think this song is about a girl who's been through a lot, and this guy likes her, and he's done something to hurt her. But he wants her eyes to open so she can understand all the things he feels in his heart about her, so that she'll want to know him. And although they don't know one another well, he wants her to know how he feels or else "morning" will come and she'll not want to know him anymore because he hurt her.
At first I thought this was about a one night stand. After reading all your comments it makes more sense that this has the same meaning as the other songs ex. "Everybody's Changing." It sounds like he tried to tell his friend or let them know that he/she has changed and his thought ends up hurting the friend. They finally realize they don't want to know eachother since they're both so hurt by the other. "I don't know you and I don't want to," is a statement of his pride I think. He's to proud to be trying to reconnect ties with his friend. It all very sad I've had too much experience with these sorts of friendships and I can absolutely relate. Brilliant song.
to me it's about a girl that has changed and has choosed to go her own way and is treating this person differently. just for an instant she realizes what she is doing, she gets it, but still doesn't react and continues being eyeclosed. the other person also knows about this and doesn't want to be with her until she opens her eyes.
I love it. how simply phrased is that concept here? it's wonderful. pretty much saying that... he hopes one day she'll "open her eyes" and suddenly realize everything he feels or thinks about her, but until that happens, he'd rather not even be near her because her refusal to acknowledge things is only doing him harm. as long as she's ignorant to everything, it'll do nothing but torture him.<p><b><i>Edited by delial on May 28 2008, at 07:00AM</i></b></p>