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Black Eyes Lyrics
when you last left me, my blood was in a jar
and you kept it on your mantlepiece
I couldn't count on anyone to stand there behind me
and keep the dogs from dragging me off with them
while I slept, you crept in
and pulled the rug right out from under me
in the rain, you stole away
and took the parts that kept me functioning
now my heart will be blacker than your eyes when I'm through with you
and I said: “This life ain't no love song.”
while I marched on blindly
and my knuckles dragged across the walls
and the birds up there mock me, and the scenery's turned wicked
and your name is trapped beneath my tongue
all of the roads are one now, each choice is the same
all the roads, they are one now, each choice is the same
I won't show my hands now, I know this ain't a game
all the roads, they are one now, each choice is …
take a step, take another step, take another step
not a care for where they fall
you burned me, yeah, you've burned me,
yeah, you've burned me now one too many times
my thoughts are the cold kind
I got storm clouds that are brewing behind my eyes
and my heart will be blacker than your eyes when I'm through with you
and you kept it on your mantlepiece
I couldn't count on anyone to stand there behind me
and keep the dogs from dragging me off with them
and pulled the rug right out from under me
in the rain, you stole away
and took the parts that kept me functioning
while I marched on blindly
and my knuckles dragged across the walls
and the birds up there mock me, and the scenery's turned wicked
and your name is trapped beneath my tongue
all the roads, they are one now, each choice is the same
I won't show my hands now, I know this ain't a game
all the roads, they are one now, each choice is …
not a care for where they fall
you burned me, yeah, you've burned me,
yeah, you've burned me now one too many times
my thoughts are the cold kind
I got storm clouds that are brewing behind my eyes
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This song serves as a warning. With all the bad things that people do to us and that happen to us, we have to just brush it off. "Black Eyes" tell us that if we let ourselves be affected by these things, and if we let ourselves react to them the way we are humanly capable of reacting, we will ultimately loose.
At the Oct. 15 show in Chicago Ben elaborated on this song. According to him the song is about spousal abuse. Specifically, it is about an abusive alcoholic who beats his wife. One day, fed up with taking it, she packs up all her belongings and flees. Outraged by her unwillingness to be submissive he sets out to find her and punish her for disobeying him.
At the Oct. 15 show in Chicago Ben elaborated on this song. According to him the song is about spousal abuse. Specifically, it is about an abusive alcoholic who beats his wife. One day, fed up with taking it, she packs up all her belongings and flees. Outraged by her unwillingness to be submissive he sets out to find her and punish her for disobeying him.
Yeah SephNite is right, I just saw Ben live the other day and he said the song is about a guy whose wife packs up and leaves in the middle of the night with their children, and he goes after her to beat her up.