A line that any child could trace A beacon dimmed tired turned away Footsteps between asylum and the cage The history books may hide this shameful page But my eyes have seen My eyes have seen My eyes have seen On foil blankets strewn beneath the bridge The sleepless and the desperate are hid The mighty with our dogs and razor wire A fence around the country where you live My eyes have seen My eyes have seen My eyes have seen My eyes have seen ♪ And all these prideful slogans are but cloth Our hands are stained, the color's comin' off The lies we tell ourselves devour us Until we can't remember what is lost My eyes have seen My eyes have seen My eyes have seen My eyes have seen