In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
I lie, I wait
I stop, I hesitate
I am, I breathe
I meant, I think of me
Is it any wonder I can't sleep?
All I have is all you gave to me
Is it any wonder I found peace through you?
Turn to the gates of heaven, to myself be damned
Turn away from light
It's not enough, just a touch
It's not enough
I taste, I love
I come, I bleed enough
I hate, I'm not
I was, I want too much
Is it any wonder I can't sleep?
All I have is all you gave to me
Is it any wonder I found peace through you?
Turn to the gates of heaven, to myself be damned
Turn away from light
It's not enough, just a touch
It's not enough, just a touch
It's not enough, just a touch
It's not enough, just a touch
It's not enough, just a touch
It's not enough, just a touch
I stop, I hesitate
I am, I breathe
I meant, I think of me
Is it any wonder I can't sleep?
All I have is all you gave to me
Is it any wonder I found peace through you?
Turn to the gates of heaven, to myself be damned
Turn away from light
It's not enough, just a touch
It's not enough
I taste, I love
I come, I bleed enough
I hate, I'm not
I was, I want too much
Is it any wonder I can't sleep?
All I have is all you gave to me
Is it any wonder I found peace through you?
Turn to the gates of heaven, to myself be damned
Turn away from light
It's not enough, just a touch
It's not enough, just a touch
It's not enough, just a touch
It's not enough, just a touch
It's not enough, just a touch
It's not enough, just a touch
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yer this is from the film lost highway, excellent film-another David Lynch masterpiece. great sound track also. to rockstar001:_ I think this song is about more than just someone wanting more than sex, its saying im empty cos i live through you and everything you do is who iam. Its saying your my life and i need every part of you to fill my desire and even then it wont be enough. this is so from a guys point of view i would say, foreverYoung is actually right, girls use guys, +Alot more than guys use girls, except for early teens mayb. girls are so fickle, generally speaking that is; im holding my breath till I find out im wrong.
I like the ideas people are throwing around but I don't think its about a girl. I think it's about god (im an atheist so dont worry about me getting all religiousy about it ha). But the line "Just a touch, it's not enough" and "Is it any wonder I found peace though you?" immediately draw my mind to the subject of god. The just a touch part makes me picture the famous painting of god touching whoevers firgers and Billy kinda saying its not enough, I know it's way out there but it seems like Billys kinda saying god doesn't do enough for humanity or whatever.
@melloncolliezero I agree. Sometimes you have to have compassion even for the seemingly perceived nefarious, what you cannot comprehend or understand. Theirs is a sadness and suffering that most will never know. Our connection with source may seem faint or fleeting but paradise for us is within. If we turn to light it’s always there. For Demons, the only glimmer of light is the reminder they see through the presence of humanity so they attach to us. We share in their suffering so that we may understand forgiveness is tantamount for survival and redemption for everything that exists.
It is life/existence through the eye / eyes of a deamon or the devil. He was created. All he has is what God gave him and yet he is in agony. On earth, drinking a drop of water a day. He can see the gates of heaven but it torments him to the point where he must look away. Is it any wonder he can't fucking sleep? There is no sleep for his kind. He finds peace through God, in just knowing He is in control, but it is not enough. Just a touch. A sorrow song to the pain of fallen angels.
@Lokie wow
@Lokie I agree. Sometimes you have to have compassion even for the seemingly perceived nefarious, what you cannot comprehend or understand. Theirs is a sadness and suffering that most will never know. Our connection with source may seem faint or fleeting but paradise for us is within. If we turn to light it’s always there. For Demons, the only glimmer of light is the reminder they see through the presence of humanity so they attach to us. We share in their suffering so that we may understand forgiveness is tantamount for survival and redemption for everything that exists.
heh i love the bass in this song....
this song rocks my socks off..........and i think it has one of the best endings to a song...EVER made
@jeffmanhey the ending is sex
I wonder because the songs name is eye maybe it was suppose to be thought of as "eye lie, eye wait, eye stop...... and so on and so on. representing people and how selfish they are and the materialistic lifestyles that people live.im proabaly wrong, but it sounded cool when i replaced eye every time I came up.Im open for other ideas.
Punkie, in reference to the naming of Corgan's songs...
"Say you write a song about a chandelier, and the chandelier gives off light. And the light is the color red and red reminds you of the color your not supposed to wear around a bull. So you name the song 'Cow.' " - Billy Corgan
as you see, he doesn't usually just take a word from the song and put it in the name's place. Sorry.
He says "I" a gazillion times in this song, I think he just decided to call it "Eye" cuz it sounds the same as "I".
I've always wondered: was this song written for a soundtrack to a movie? And if so, which? Because I really have no clue unless they just decided to release it on its own instead of putting it on Adore.
@Croc "Eye" was released as a single, and also on the soundtrack for David Lynch's 1997 film Lost Highway. Here's the Wikipedia entry for the song, which includes this bit of info: "Corgan later said the surprise success of Eye' as a single inspired the band to continue with the new electronica-tinged direction as they began work on Adore." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_(song)
i love this song. just a touch is not enough, i think it means that hes obssesed with a girl who tantalizes him and plays with his heart. billy corgan is the best! and the bass IS awesome!
I think that explains some of the names to Pumpkins' songs. Thanks for posting it, where did you get it?