Wild Eyes Open Video (MV)

Mama is sleeping
In a chapel on a hill
It's the house she couldn't leave
In the story I can't tell
And a bat lives in the steeple
Just below the bell
Hiding from the people
Who cry out
Why me? Oh

Keep those wild eyes open
Keep them young and bright
Keep those wide eyes hoping
It's gonna be alright
You know it's gonna be alright

Her neighbors bought her flowers
When her garden went to seed
And the bell rang loud for hours
When it came her time to leave
She left us like a lion
And died just like a lamb
If it weren't for all her crying
I'd rewind
Just to say goodbye again

She loved my baby girl
Like the summer loves a storm
She said you're an old soul, I've known
Since the very day that you were born,
So tell me all your secrets
You just came from where I'm goin'
Who are you?
Are you a little piece of god?
That came down for me to hold
A little piece of god.

Keep those wild eyes open
Keep them young and bright
Keep those wide eyes hoping
It's gonna be alright
You know it's gonna be alright

The mouse is in the sunroom
I think he's still alive
Could you drive him to the river
Where he'll live a better life?
He wasn't meant to be here
In these old church walls
And he must be getting tired of fighting

An infant to her future
Standing out in the open
Outliving every reaper
Like a stubborn grain of sand
The best way to lose my hair she said
Is watch it come comin' out in my granddaughters hands

A bat lives in the steeple
So when you leave at night
Just pull the door behind you
So he won't fly inside
She left us like a lion
And died just like a lamb
If it weren't for all my crying
I'd be reaching out my hand
Saying mama please don't go

Keep those wild eyes open
Keep them young and bright
Keep those wide eyes hoping
It's gonna be alright
You know it's gonna be alright"