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A Clean Pair Of Eyes Lyrics
Hear me god I'm on the level
Mapping silence seeing things
Crying laughing like the devil
And before the might
Of all that's seen
I'll raise my head
And wake to dream
With a clean pair of eyes
Murdered gold and colours flashing
Time like blood like flowing hair
Faces merging airplanes crashing
And before the might
Of all that's true
I'll raise my head
And dream anew
With a clean pair of eyes
A clean pair of eyes
Don't need no-one to blame
Don't need no disguise
No sugar to sweet my brain
A clean pair of eyes
Today I need no commentary
Today I do not need to speak
No explanation necessary
And before the might
Of all that's seen
I'll raise my head
And dream again
With a clean pair of eyes
A clean pair of eyes
Don't need no right or wrong
Don't need no disguise
No sugar to fix my tongue
A clean pair of eyes
Liquid air and flags that ripple
A tambourine of smoking suns
Love that blinds us fear that cripples
And before the might
Of all that's seen
I'll raise my head
And wake to dream
And before the might
Of all that's true
I'll raise my head
And dream anew
And before the might
Of all unnamed
I'll raise my head
And dream again
Dream again
Dream again
Dream again
Dream again
Mapping silence seeing things
Crying laughing like the devil
Of all that's seen
I'll raise my head
And wake to dream
With a clean pair of eyes
Time like blood like flowing hair
Faces merging airplanes crashing
Of all that's true
I'll raise my head
And dream anew
With a clean pair of eyes
Don't need no-one to blame
Don't need no disguise
No sugar to sweet my brain
A clean pair of eyes
Today I do not need to speak
No explanation necessary
Of all that's seen
I'll raise my head
And dream again
With a clean pair of eyes
Don't need no right or wrong
Don't need no disguise
No sugar to fix my tongue
A clean pair of eyes
A tambourine of smoking suns
Love that blinds us fear that cripples
Of all that's seen
I'll raise my head
And wake to dream
And before the might
Of all that's true
I'll raise my head
And dream anew
And before the might
Of all unnamed
I'll raise my head
And dream again
Dream again
Dream again
Dream again
Dream again
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It's inspired by a painting by Vermeer- particularly his use of light. David liked the painting enough to cause him to start writing a song, and this is what popped out.
It's like that track on the new album, Clean Pair of Blue Eyes. I wrote that at a time when I was down, in New York, with Clune and wondering if I'd ever get a recording deal. Then we went to the Metropolitan Art Museum and it was the kind of day where you feel you're seeing the world for the first time. It was super-real. Then I saw a painting by Vermeer. He was painting with light. It was the most iridescent form of perfection. I couldn't believe it! And that night I started writing Clean Pair of Blue Eyes which I finished in Ireland. That sense of transformation really is what I hope to fire with my music."
Thx a320, i liked your comments. Personally, Vermeer painting are moving and he is genius. Its true, One Genius inspires the next Generation Genius (in making) David Gray alike...