The Open Mind

[Verse] There was a man with an open mind, living on this land, believing in the good he’d find, through every guiding hand. He thought all things were pure and kind, from sunrise to the night. In his heart and in his mind, everything was right. [Verse 2] But one day he came across a pearl, shinin' in the sand. It seemed to hold another world, slipped right in his hand. For a moment, time stood still, the beauty took its toll. In that gleam he lost his will, it swallowed up his soul. [Chorus] Oh, open mind, where did you go? What happened to your view? That simple pearl, it changed your world, and now you feel so new. Oh, all the worth and kindness there, faded in a twirl. When life revealed a hidden truth, you closed up to the world. [Verse 3] He walked away with heavy heart, the pearl clutched in his fist. A newfound fear, it tore apart, the magic he had kissed. No longer could he see the light in every living thing. That tiny pearl had left a night, where once the sun would sing. [Chorus] Oh, open mind, where did you go? What happened to your view? That simple pearl, it changed your world, and now you feel so new. Oh, all the worth and kindness there, faded in a twirl. When life revealed a hidden truth, you closed up to the world. [Verse 4] So now he wanders through the fields with shadows in his eyes, The open mind to worries yields, beneath the brightest skies. The lessons learned from one small pearl, they haunt him every day. Open hearts may face the curl of truths they can't obey.