Open Up Your Eyes

"**Open Up Your Eyes**" is a song sung by Tempest Shadow in *My Little Pony The Movie*. It features Tempest revealing her tragic backstory to an imprisoned Twilight Sparkle.

It is also the sixth of the seven songs for Season 8: The Overlord Sons, featured in this episode, "Dread on Arrival", this time being sung by Harumi, which reveals her deception. The flashbacks in this song is used from "Game of Masks".

It was performed by Tempest Shadow's voice actress Emily Blunt while Britt McKillip performs this song in the latter episode.

## Lyrics

### Movie Version

**[Tempest Shadow]**
It's time you learned a lesson
It's time that you understand
Don't ever count on anybody else
In this or any other land
I once hoped for friendship
To find a place among my kind
But those were the childish wishes
Of someone who was blind
Open up your eyes
See the world from where I stand
Me, among the mighty
You, caged at my command
Open up your eyes
Give up your sweet fantasy land
It's time to grow up and get wise
Come now, little one, open up your eyes
We all start out the same
With simple naive trust
Shielded from the many ways
That life's not fair or just
But then there comes a moment
A simple truth that you must face
If you depend on others
You'll never find your place
[instrumental]
And as you take that first step
Upon a path that's all your own
You see it all so clearly
The best way to survive is all alone
Open up your eyes
See the world from where I stand
Me, among the mighty
You, caged at my command
Open up your eyes
And behold the faded light
It's time to grow up and get wise
Come now, little one, open up your eyes
Open up your eyes!
### Dread on Arrival

**Harumi**: Let them come. If anyone tries to stop me, I always have my insurance policy.

**[Harumi]**
It's time you learned a lesson
It's time that you understand
Don't ever count on anybody else
In this or any other land
I once hoped for friendship
To find a place among my kind
But those were the childish wishes
Of someone who was blind
Open up your eyes
See the world from where I stand
Me, among the mighty
You, caged at my command
Open up your eyes
Give up your sweet fantasy land
It's time to grow up and get wise
Come now, little one, open up your eyes
We all start out the same
With simple naive trust
Shielded from the many ways
That life's not fair or just
But then there comes a moment
A simple truth that you must face
If you depend on others
You'll never find your place
[instrumental]
And as you take that first step
Upon a path that's all your own
You see it all so clearly
The best way to survive is all alone
Open up your eyes
See the world from where I stand
Me, among the mighty
You, caged at my command
Open up your eyes
And behold the faded light
It's time to grow up and get wise
Come now, little one, open up your eyes
Open up your eyes!
## Trivia

* It is the second song to be sung by Harumi. The first is Spider’s in the House.
	+ However, the song is purely darker as opposed to the other one. This song shows that her deception is revealed, and most likely to seek hatred for Lloyd and Misako.
* Interestingly, it is the second villain song to be sung by Britt McKillip, the first being is This Day Aria, when disguised as Princess Cadance. However, in the reprise version, Kathleen Barr takes over, after finding out the Cadance is Queen Chrysalis.
* Flashbacks of this song were used in "Game of Masks".
* A short instrumental version is heard in "The Never-Ending Snowflakes" when Akita shouts "Halt! I know you were watching for this", at Twilight and Lloyd, with the stormy background on her.