Turn My Eyes

They say a man can see it coming If he’s quiet long enough So I sit here in this stillness Trying to picture how it was I was raised where dust don’t settle On a road that never bends Learned too early how a night can turn On the wrong kind of friends I ain’t proud of what I carried In the backseat of my days Every choice I kept on making Built the path that got me here Now I’m staring at the ceiling Tracing cracks like they’re a map Trying to choose the way it ends If I had a say in that Would it be a flash that finds me One clean line and then it’s gone Or a slow and rising fire Till there’s nothing left to hold Ain’t no changing where I stand Ain’t no shifting what I am Just a man with open hands Facing something If it’s coming, let it come tonight I won’t beg and I won’t hide Every mile I walked alone Led me straight to this line If it’s quick, let it be done real fast If it burns, let it burn right When it finally calls my name I’ll look straight… I won’t turn my eyes Mama used to say “be careful” I just laughed and walked away Now her voice is all that’s left In the silence where I lay There’s a man I keep on seeing Every time I close my eyes He ain’t asking me for mercy Just reminding me of why No more running from the past No more wishing it would pass Every second moving fast Toward the ending If it’s coming, let it come tonight I won’t beg and I won’t hide Every mile I walked alone Led me straight to this line If it’s quick, let it be done real fast If it burns, let it burn right When it finally calls my name I’ll look straight… I won’t turn my eyes I can see it clear as daylight Steel or flame, it’s all the same A man don’t get to choose much But he can choose how he stays So I’ll stand here like I mean it When it comes to take my breath If it’s coming, let it come tonight I won’t beg and I won’t hide Every mile I walked alone Led me straight to this line If it’s quick, let it be done real fast If it burns, let it burn right When it finally calls my name I’ll look straight… I won’t turn my eyes So I picture it real simple No more words, no more lies Just a man and what he made Standing still at the line (soft breath, reverb fade)