Seen it all I'm already there

Save your books and your pills
I don't need them I'm there

You can do anything you want to
All you've got to do is try

I thought my best days had left me
My best years had left me behind

Then I felt them come back (to me)
And all the wild eyes
All the wild eyes know what I mean

If trees cut stars and eyes to heaven
I'll bend them back and bend them again
If my skin looks tired and old from living
I'll turn right back and live it again
You better pray when the music stops
And you're left alone in your mind
'Cause I'll be hearing music till the day I die

Then I heard it turn off
I swear I heard the screams
And all the wild eyes
All the wild eyes know what I mean
They're scared they've lost their dream
They press down on me
You know I thought I was there

Hello, high, are you?
Yes?
Well that explains it
Oh you were walking round like some kind of angel
You were walking round like some kind of angel
Hello, high, are you? Yes?
Well that explains it
Well that explains it


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    This song is utter genius. The slide solo reminds me of a fire sweeping through your brain at top speeds.

    Already Thereon October 10, 2007   Link
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    This song is about believing in yourself almost as much as you doubt yourself.

    Narcon December 05, 2005   Link
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    I personally think it's about the way you feel when you're listening to the music, how it touches your soul and makes you feel disconnected from the reality... you go to the world of your dreams and memories, and then when the music stops you return to the reality in an instant. At the same time it's so incredibly easy, you don't need drugs or meditation to reach this state.

    sbtoon September 20, 2007   Link
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    This song is utter genius. The slide solo reminds me of a fire sweeping through your brain at top speeds.

    Already Thereon October 10, 2007   Link
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    unbelievable, im so happy that i looked past the "bittersweet" mindset and actually became a follower of their music, they are apart of my life just because of how deep the meanings and sounds of the music. This song just tops everything ive ever heard with my ears

    Samcard711on April 13, 2009   Link
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    This song is amazing! but I want to know... what does "Wild Eyes" mean? I think this song is about when you have live a lot of things, experience... and you have seen it all... you have been already there...

    andresl7on December 28, 2009   Link
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    Nick McCabe in an interview with MusicRadar said that Ashcroft's lyrics on this album were a purposeful stream of consciousness.

    "Richard was absent, really, for a lot of the first two albums in terms of writing music. We'd go off and play and wait for his appearance. But what Richard is very good at - one of the many things he's good at, I should say - is coming up with lyrics on the spot. And very good lyrics.

    The accepted wisdom of A Storm In Heaven is that the lyrics are gibberish and that Richard improved over the years. I think that's not the case. His stream of consciousness stuff on A Storm In Heaven is spot on, for me."

    turantualon May 12, 2020   Link

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