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Aug 31, 2026 updated
Verified editorial review
Citizens' song describes a personal transformation from a lost and aimless state to a moment of spiritual awakening. The narrator reflects on being in a terrible place, feeling like a runaway, and wandering through life without direction. Pain becomes a doorway, and love is stumbled into, leading to a revelation where scales fall from the eyes upon seeing God. The lyrics emphasize how God sees the narrator like no one else, and this recognition changes everything. The song conveys themes of redemption, new perspective, and the profound impact of encountering divine love.
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I was in a terrible place
Just a runaway looking from the outside in
I had a hunch in my gut
Wasn't time to give up, but didn't know what that meant
I was just feeling my way through desert sand
Looking for signs of a promised land
But all the roads that took me nowhere
Were what I needed just to get there
I didn't know a different story
I was just living what I knew
If You hadn't shown me something more I might've missed You
It's funny how pain can be the doorway
And love can be blindly stumbled into
All the scales fell off my eyes
The moment that I saw You
You read me like poetry
I guess what I'm trying to say is
You see me like nobody else does
And now I see it too
I didn't know a different story
I was just living what I knew
If You hadn't shown me something more I might've missed You
It's funny how pain can be the doorway
And love can be blindly stumbled into
All the scales fell off my eyes
The moment that I saw You
Eyes wide, brighter than the blue sky
It's like seeing for the first time
Eyes wide, brighter than the blue sky
It's like seeing for the first time
I didn't know a different story
I was just living what I knew
If You hadn't shown me something more I might've missed You
It's funny how pain can be the doorway
And love can be blindly stumbled into
All the scales fell off my eyes
The moment that I saw You
Oh
The moment that I saw You
Hey
Yeah, the moment that I saw You
I might've missed You
Eyes wide, brighter than the blue sky
It's like seeing for the first time