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Tired Eyes

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i raised my head from the riverbed and i tasted the air
i built my home of oak and stone and i feasted on the animals and earth
i raised my kids in modern beds and i taught them to take what's theirs
i built this town on god and doubt and science (an economy of fear)
i drained the pond and the woods beyond for dinner, and the river for a song
the more i've got the more i want. i'm blinded…but i'm waking up!

tired eyes, open wide
blossom iris into lily white
tired eyes, open wide
salty brine - bluest sky
tired eyes, open wide
either side - all these veins of light!

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sassmaster On May 29, 2008

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2008-05-29 20:25:19

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by ManifestDensity

16y ago

The first stanza describes the journey of humanity from a ocean-bound single celled organisms evolving all the way into present day human civilizations. Basically saying how far humans have gone from the beginning to present day. line 1: evolving to surface onto land line 2-4: mans journey from very basic survival living to modern consumptive living line 5: human greed in exploiting earth line 6: human conscience realizing their greed and its effects and beginning to try addressing the problem

The second stanza is I think a more poetic way of calling the listeners to open their eyes to the problem and no longer take the beauty of the earth for granted and seek enlightenment. tired eyes: tired of greed (eyes are usually accredited for being the source of greed - avarice, lust) line 2, 4: instead of being blinded by greed, use the eyes to savour nature's beauty (blossoming flowers= life, salty brine, blue sky= oceans and the sky) line 6: enlightenment.

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