In "Read Your Eyes," David Kushner watches a father age through an invisible war, smiling while his soul turns cold and his skin fades. The son dreads reading the pain behind those eyes, asking what is wrong but already knowing the answer. The father was taught to silence emotions, treated like weapons, and robbed of a sense of self by his twentieth birthday. Yet his quiet strength still gives faith, and the song lands as a tender apology for all he had to carry alone.
Read Your Eyes Lyrics by David Kushner
You’re getting old
What’s the goal?
Pray and cry
But nothing’s changed
Losing your soul
Turning cold
The colour in your skin just fades
So much on your plate
You still smile the same
An invisible war
Bare your soul
Tantalize
What’s in your mind
I don’t want to read your eyes again
Dad, what’s wrong in your life?
What’s in your mind
I don’t want to read your eyes again
Becoming sold
Eyelids fold
Father you were robbed in ways
Made of stone
Strength you hold
Father, you just give me faith
Bare your soul
Tantalize
What’s in your mind
I don’t want to read your eyes again
Dad, what’s wrong in your life?
What’s in your mind
I don’t want to read your eyes again
You were taught to be silenced
Young your emotions were
Treated like guns
Your twentieth birthday stung
Your sense of self is cheap
I’m sorry you had to reach
