Behind Your Eyes
Unveiling Shadows: The Hidden Stories Behind Your Eyes
Lyrics
Down the wire
Describing a connection or communication through a wire.
Through the wall
Suggesting an obstacle (wall) in communication or understanding.
Open voice, won't hear my call
Expressing frustration that one's voice goes unheard or ignored.
Down the tracks to the east
Referring to a journey or progression in a particular direction.
When I'm gone you'll be released
Implying that the person will find freedom or release after the speaker is gone.
If that's the way you feel, there's no easy way out
Repetition emphasizing a challenging situation with no easy solution or escape.
If that's the way you feel, there's no easy way out
-Don't you wanna be part of the machine?
Asking if the listener desires to conform or be part of a mechanized and dehumanized system.
Burning bright to be
Describing a desire to shine brightly within that system.
The spark ignites the light behind your eyes
Metaphorically linking the spark that ignites light to an inner fire or motivation behind the listener's eyes.
Common dress tied in knots
Describing a common appearance but with underlying complications or difficulties.
No one knows what you lost
Suggesting that others are unaware of or don't understand the losses the listener has experienced.
One by one
Describing a destructive process involving multiple individuals or entities harming each other.
Two by two
-They're killing us, we're killing you
-If that's the way you feel, there's no easy way out
Reiteration of the challenging situation with no easy resolution.
If that's the way you feel, there's no easy way out
-Don't you wanna be part of the machine?
Repeating the question about conformity to the machine-like system.
Burning bright to be
Reiterating the desire to shine brightly within that system.
The spark ignites the light behind your eyes
Reconnecting the metaphor of a spark igniting light to the listener's eyes.
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