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Eyes Wide Open

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    (chanting begins) way-he-anna-win-ya-way
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    way-he-anna-win-ya-way
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    way-he-anna-win-ya-way
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    way-he-anna-win-ya-way
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    way-he-anna-win-ya-way
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    way-he-anna-win-ya-way
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    way-he-anna-win-ya-way
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    way-he-anna-win-ya-way
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    way-he-anna-win-ya-way
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    (sung) EYES WIDE OPEN now
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    eyes wide open
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    eyes wide open now
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    I see you
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    I see you
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    Eagles flying over my head
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    circling as I sing ya
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    and if I hadn't known before
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    a blessed witnessing
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    a blessed witnessing!
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    Eyes Wide Open now
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    eyes wide open
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    eyes wide open now
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    I see you
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    I see you!
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    All of our minds together as one
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    sitting all night to pray
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    ancestors, the moon and sun
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    showing us the way
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    showing us the way
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    way-he-anna-win-ya-way
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    way-he-anna-win-ya-way
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    way-he-anna-win-ya-way
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    way-he-anna-win-ya-way
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    way-he-anna-win-ya-way
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    Eyes wide open now
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    eyes wide open
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    eyes wide open now
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    I see you
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    I see you
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    Shake the rattle, beat the drum
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    our Elders' voices rise
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    sickness that was there is gone
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    healed before our eyes
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    healed before our eyes
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    Eyes wide open now
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    eyes wide open
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    eyes wide open now
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    I see you
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    I see you
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    Sweetgrass, sage and tobacco
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    we make an offering
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    say a prayer and let it go
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    Creator moves within
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    Creator moves within
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    way-he-anna-win-ya-way
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    way-he-anna-win-ya-way
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    (prayer spoken in Mohawk)
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    (translation) A long time ago
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    I forgot good things
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    I forgot my family
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    I forgot spirit
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    A long time ago
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    I forgot spirit
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    I wish for good things
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    I wish for spirit!
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    I wish for spirit
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    Eyes wide open now
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    eyes wide open
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    eyes wide open now
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    I see you
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    I see you
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    This life doesn't end with death
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    there's a journey left to make
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    ancestors watch over us
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    and guide the path we take
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    guide the path we take
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    Eyes wide open now
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    eyes wide open
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    eyes wide open now
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    I see you
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    I see you
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    Eyes wide open now
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    eyes wide open
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    eyes wide open now
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    I see you
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    I see you
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    (whispered) I see you
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    (chanting) way-he-anna-win-ya-way
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    way-he-anna-win-ya-way
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    way-he-anna-win-ya-way
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    way-he-anna-win-ya-way
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    way-he-anna-win-ya-way
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    way-he-anna-win-ya-way
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    way-he-anna-win-ya-way
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    way-he-anna-win-ya-way
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    way-he-anna-win-ya-way
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    way-he-anna-win-ya-way
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    way-he-anna-win-ya-way
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    way-he-anna-win-ya-way
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    way-he-anna-win-ya-way
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    way-he-anna-win-ya-way
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    (whispered) I see you
Title:
Eyes Wide Open
Description:

M'Girl - "Eyes Wide Open" produced for APTN First Tracks 2008.
Eyes Wide Open lyrics by Sheila Maracle, music by Sheila Maracle and Kat Hendrix. Originally released on Fusion of Two Worlds, by M'Girl (Sheila Maracle, Cheryl L'Hirondelle, Tiare Laporte and Renae Morriseau). Music video directed by Renae Morriseau for Big Soul Productions
http://www.mgirlmusic.ca
To see more APTN First Track artists go to http://ow.ly/q69t5
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Subtitling added November 2013 thanks to OCADU Inclusive Design Graduate Program.
http://www.ocadu.ca/graduate-studies/programs/inclusive-design.htm
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Video Language:
English
Duration:
04:40
cheryllhirondelle edited English subtitles for Eyes Wide Open

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