Open Your Eyes

Album: Break The Cycle (2001)
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  • This song is about the bad things of modern urban life: homelessness, drugs, prostitution, etc. The song critiques modern society for ignoring these problems and for taking everything for granted: "What would you do, if it was youWould you take everything for granted like you do?" >>>
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    Ariel - Tel Aviv, Israel
  • The song is part of Staind's third album, Break The Cycle. After releasing their first album on their own in 1996, they got the attention of Fred Durst, who helped them get a deal with Limp Bizkit's label, Flip Records. Their first album on Flip was Dysfunction, which got them on the radio and earned them lots of new fans. Break The Cycle took them to a new level thanks to songs like "Outside" and "It's Been Awhile." It went to #1 in America, as did their next two, but the band took a long break starting in 2012, with lead singer Aaron Lewis embarking on a solo career as a country artist.

Comments: 2

  • Gray from Aurora , CoThis is a very good song. It tells somethings that many people growing up in are country face problems with. Many including Alcohol, and other popular drugs.
  • Sarah from Niagara FallsActually this is an old song that Aaron Lewis wrote while he was still in high school around grade ten. It ended up on the album because one day the lyrics just popped back into his head, and he felt the need to track it down, it ended up on the album because it fits with it as a whole.
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