| The Alan Parsons Project – Eye In The Sky Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Why the song is NOT about God talking: -> God is everywhere, not only in the sky but everywhere -> God is not an eye - not even in a metaphorical use -> "you've taken lots of chances before, but I ain't gonna give anymore" -> God always gives chances (at least so long as human beings are alive) -> "part of me knows what you're thinking" -> not only a "part" of God knows what someone is thinking because God completely and entirely knows everything since God has no "parts". These are only some very obvious hints. There are many more as for instance this line: "so find another fool like before" I think that this is the line which makes clear that the song is about a broken relationship. In order to understand why the song is NOT about a surveillance state, you got to look on the MORAL side: Why would a powerful and omniscient human being say "find another fool like before"? Or why would such a powerful, controlling and stony person would utter a sentence like "the sun in your eyes made some of the lies worth believing"? Like I said, you got to look on the MORAL side and spot the emotions. As the song is neither about God speaking nor about a surveillance state, it is about a broken relationship. In the chorus the speaker suffers because his pride is injured. The chorus may sound cold and unromantic - that's because he desperately and frustratingly wants to convince himself that she means nothing to him anymore and that it is not worth loving her anymore. Thus, he tries to stifle his feelings and tries to appear superior and taller than he really is because he wants to convice himself that she is the "loser" and he the "winner" of a broken relationship. For further explanations read my first post which is one or two posts above this one. Does my interpretation make sense? |
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| The Alan Parsons Project – Eye In The Sky Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I agree with those who think that the song is a love song. The veses are pretty straightforward, I think. As there are already many comments on the verses, I want to mainly comment on the chorus because it seems to be a bit complicated when we consider the song as a love song. This comment is kind of a reply to Bulldog246 as well. I do not only interpret the chorus literally, but rather with regard to the emotions expressed. In my own sight, the chorus is the moment where the relationship eventually breaks up. "I am the eye in the sky looking at you" -> the speaker speaks from a different point of view now. He is "in the sky", but where is the female adressee? The lyrics don't tell us where exactly the adressee is, but most probably she is not in the sky. Perhaps she is down in the world because in in this line, as well as in the entire chorus, he appears to be superior and she inferior. The fact that the speaker and the adressee are in different places now logically entails that there is DISTANCE between them. As facile as this may sound: he is in the sky, she is somewhere else. Thus, they are in different locations, so naturally they now are distant from each other and are hence separated. This fact is new, since in the preceding verse he directly spoke to her which you can see by the use of several directives (e.g. "don't ask me", "don't say words you're gonna regret", "believe me"...). In the chorus, however, the speaker does no longer talk directly to the adressee - because now they are separated. In the chorus the speaker rather talks to himself. "I am the maker of rules, dealing with fools" -> I don't interpret these words literally, but rather METAPHORICALLY because I don't see somone laying down strict rules. The way I see it, this line basically expresses how the speaker feels. He tries to persuade himself that she means nothing to him anymore. I think that is why the lyrics seem so cold and unromantic - because he tries to stifle his feelings. He wants to forget her and start a new life without her. That is why he wants to make his own rules and live as he pleases, without her. But the sad truth is that he cannot totally forget her - for the simple reason that he is still "looking at" her and "dealing with" her - even from the distance. Subconsiously, he knows that she still is a part of him. This frustrates him and explains why the lyrics - especially the chorus - is rough and bitter, and also why he is sulky and still angry about her. In the chorus he wants to be taller than he really is. But he just WANTS to be strong. Just because he says that he is "the eye in the sky" it does not mean that he really is so. In my opinion the speaker wants forget her by looking down at her, by offending and by disdaining her ("I can read your mind/I can cheat you blind/dealing with fools"). As I see it, the speaker just IMAGINES being powerful or even omnipotent. Summarily, in my opinion, there are two worlds: the "real" world which are the verses. And the imaginary world, the chorus. This would also explain the sudden shifts of mood between verse and chorus. The descriptions in the verses are quite reasonable and human but the chorus is not. rgds, renezeg... |
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