Music and Lyrics
The song's genre is represented by pop, and includes acoustic and mild hip hop influences. It is a mid-tempo song based upon a strummed acoustic guitar, background piano, and occasional strings. The song's continuous clap-sounding beat was described as a "hip-hop shuffle", drawing comparisons to Christian musician Mat Kearney.
Lyrically, the song is about a desire to view people as God would, and was "inspired by people-watching at an airport". Heath has said, " a song about my own convictions for wanting to see the world with compassionate eyes."
Read more about this topic: Give Me Your Eyes
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