Released: November 10, 1983
Songwriter: Steve Stevens Billy Idol
Producer: Steve Stevens Billy Idol
"Eyes Without a Face" is a song about the desperation and loneliness of one person as they wander far from home, desperately trying to find solace in the lies they tell themselves. The narrator is struggling to keep up the facade, while they are slowly losing any connection they still have to the love that was once alive and new between them. The song emphasizes the emptiness and desperation, with the chorus of "(Les yeux sans visage) Eyes without a face/ Got no human grace/ You're eyes without a face". Read more on Last.fm.
Length: 4:10
I'm all out of hope
One more bad dream
Could bring a fall
When I'm far from home
Don't call me on the phone
To tell me you're alone
It's easy to deceive
It's easy to tease
But hard to get release
[Chorus: Billy Idol & Perri Lister]
(Les yeux sans visage)
Eyes without a face
(Les yeux sans visage)
Eyes without a face
(Les yeux sans visage)
Eyes without a face
Got no human grace
You're eyes without a face
[Verse 2: Billy Idol]
I spend so much time
Believing all the lies
To keep the dream alive
Now it makes me sad
It makes me mad at truth
For loving what was you
[Chorus: Billy Idol & Perri Lister]
(Les yeux sans visage)
Eyes without a face
(Les yeux sans visage)
Eyes without a face
(Les yeux sans visage)
Eyes without a face
Got no human grace
You're eyes without a face
[Bridge: Billy Idol]
When you hear the music, you make a dip
Into someone else's pocket then make a slip
Steal a car and go to Las Vegas
Oh, the gigolo pool
Hanging out by the state line
Turning holy water into wine
Drinking it down, oh
I'm on a bus on a psychedelic trip
Reading murder books, trying to stay hip
I'm thinking of you and you're out there, so
Say your prayers
Say your prayers
Say your prayers
[Verse 3: Billy Idol]
Now I close my eyes
And I wonder why
I don't despise
Now all I can do
Is love what was once
So alive and new
But it's gone from your eyes
I'd better realise
[Chorus: Billy Idol & Perri Lister]
(Les yeux sans visage)
Eyes without a face
(Les yeux sans visage)
Eyes without a face
(Les yeux sans visage)
Eyes without a face
Got no human grace
You're eyes without a face
Such a human waste
You're eyes without a face
[Outro: Billy Idol]
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