Won’t you wake up when I kiss your hands
I’ve kissed you a hundred —
Maybe a thousand times
Open your eyes, open your eyes
See what grand a day is greeting us
See the trees they sway
Hear the birds they chirp
Open your eyes, open your eyes
The hands of time clutch at your neck
Will my kiss be enough
To unwound them again
Does it hurt? Does it hurt?
I’m sure the way you need your mother
I too need what’s mine
Listen to my plea
Open your eyes, open your eyes
It isn’t safe and it never will be
Without you around
I am lost at sea
Open your eyes, open your eyes
Have I sinned? Don’t punish me so
If I kiss your hand
Would you break a smile and
Open your eyes, open your eyes?
