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Eyeless by Slipknot

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Slipknot

Eyeless

Release date: 1989

From Slipknot
Track 3
3:57
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'Eyeless' is the third track on Slipknot's self-titled debut album. The song centres on Corey Taylor's relationship with his absent father, using Marlon Brando as a universally recognisable figure to amplify the sense of distance and unknowability. Taylor has described the track as a reflection on a childhood marked by abuse and instability, with the repeated line 'It's all in your head' serving as a metaphor for the dismissive attitudes of psychotherapy at the time. The lyrics oscillate between internal fracture and outward rage, Taylor adopting the voice of someone hearing voices that only complain, questioning how many times the listener has wanted to kill or to die. The Brando refrain becomes a mantra of distorted perception, the impossibility of seeing clearly without someone else's eyes standing in for the absence Taylor experienced. The closing demand to 'look me in my brand new eye' turns confrontation into a kind of rebirth, the aggression less nihilistic than self-preserving. Musically, the track condenses the band's early intensity into just under four minutes, the rhythm section anchoring Taylor's shifts between sung frustration and barked fury. It remains one of the more personal entries in Slipknot's catalogue, the specificity of its subject matter cutting through the broader chaos of the debut.

"Eyeless" is a single by Slipknot, from the album Slipknot, released 1989. The track is 3:57 long. It's filed under Metal. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 5 articles about Slipknot.

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Lyrics

Eyeless

Yeah!

Insane, am I the only motherfucker with a brain?
I'm hearing voices but all they do is complain
How many times have you wanted to kill?
Everything and everyone, say you'll do it but never will

You can't see California without Marlon Brando's eyes
You can't see California without Marlon Brando's eyes
You can't see California without Marlon Brando's eyes

I am my father's son 'cause he's a phantom, a mystery, and that leaves me nothing!
How many times have you wanted to die?
It's too late for me, all you have to do is get rid of me

You can't see California without Marlon Brando's eyes
You can't see California without Marlon Brando's eyes
You can't see California without Marlon Brando's eyes

It's all in your head
It's all in my head
It's all in your head
Yeah

I tried, you lied to me for so long
Everywhere I go, there's a sense of it
Freak on my antics and give me a choice
Doesn't matter if I give a shit, it's shit that you give me

You can't see California without Marlon Brando's eyes
You can't see California without Marlon Brando's eyes
You can't see California without Marlon Brando's eyes

It's all in your head
It's all in my head
It's all in your head
Yeah

Do you wanna feel pain? Takin' my name in vain
Caring never felt so lame inside
Anybody else got pride? Do you wanna take my life?
Maybe I'll reverse my ride
Who the fuck are you? Fuck you!
Better suck it up 'cause you bled through
Better get away from me, stay the fuck away from me!

I feel safe, seems you're saved
I feel safe, it seems you're saved

Look me in my brand new eye
Look me in my brand new eye
Look me in my brand new eye
Motherfucker!

Look me in my brand new eye
Look me in my brand new eye
Look me in my brand new eye
Look me in my brand new

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From Slipknot

3:571989Single
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1989
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Release year
1989
  1. 1742617000027
    0:36
  2. 2(Sic)
    3:19
  3. 3Eyeless
    3:57
  4. 4Wait and Bleed
    2:28

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    • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Corey Taylor, Joey Jordison, Mick Thomson, Paul Gray, Sid Wilson
    Lyricist
    Corey Taylor, Joey Jordison
    Composer
    Joey Jordison, Mick Thomson, Paul Gray
    Producer
    Ross Robinson, Slipknot
    Co-Producer
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    Rob Agnello
    Drums
    Joey Jordison
    Vocals
    Corey Taylor
    Background Vocals
    Chris Fehn, Paul Gray, Shawn Crahan
    Bass Guitar
    Paul Gray
    Lead Guitar
    Mick Thomson
    Mastering Engineer
    Eddy Schreyer
    Mixing Engineer
    Chuck Johnson, Joey Jordison, Ross Robinson
    Percussion
    Chris Fehn, Shawn Crahan
    Rhythm Guitar
    Josh Brainard
    Sampling
    Craig Jones, Sid Wilson
    Turntables
    Sid Wilson
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