On March 16th, 2023, Taylor Swift announced that 4 songs would be released at midnight to celebrate the first night of The Eras Tour. One of the songs released was Eyes Open (Taylor's Version).
Eyes Open was a song Taylor Swift wrote for the sound track of the first The Hunger Games movie. The song is likely sung by the protagonist, Katniss Everdeen, and how the people are watching her every move, and how she should "keep her eyes open" to survive.
Everybody's waiting
Everybody's watching
Even when you're sleeping
Keep your ey-eyes open♪♪♪
The tricky thing is yesterday we were just children
Playing soldiers, just pretending dreaming dreams with happy endings
In backyards, winning battles with our wooden swords
But now we've stepped into a cruel world where everybody stands and keeps score
Keep your eyes open
Everybody's waiting for you to break down
Everybody's watching to see the fallout
Even when you're sleeping, sleeping
Keep your ey-eyes open♪♪♪
Keep your ey-eyes open♪♪♪
Keep your ey-eyes open
So here you are, two steps ahead and staying on guard
Every lesson forms a new scar
They never thought you'd make it this far
But turn around (turn around)
Oh, they've surrounded you, it's a showdown (showdown)
And nobody comes to save you now
But you got something they don't
Yeah, you got something they don't
You just gotta keep your eyes open
Everybody's waiting for you to break down
Everybody's watching to see the fallout
Even when you're sleeping, sleeping
Keep your ey-eyes open♪♪♪
Keep your ey-eyes open♪♪♪
Keep your ey-eyes
Keep your feet ready, heartbeat steady
Keep your eyes open
Keep your aim locked, the night goes dark
Keep your eyes open~
(Keep your ey-eyes open)
(Keep your ey-eyes open)
(Keep your ey-eyes open)
(Keep your ey-eyes open)
Everybody's waiting for you to break down
Everybody's watching to see the fallout
Even when you're sleeping, sleeping
Keep your ey-eyes open♪♪♪
Keep your ey-eyes open, keep your ey-eyes open♪♪♪
Keep your ey-eyes open, keep your ey-eyes open
