“thousand eyes” is the opening track to FKA twigs' second full-length album, MAGDALENE. The ethereal song shares a similar sound to “Preface,” the opener off her debut album.
A September 2019 interview with i-D Magazine first revealed the song’s name and described it as:
A choral a capella bringin...
[Verse 1]
If I walk out the door, it starts our last goodbye
If you don't pull me back, it wakes a thousand eyes
If I walk out the door, it starts our last goodbye
If you don't pull me back, it wakes a thousand eyes
If I walk out the door, it starts our last goodbye
If you don't pull me back, it wakes a thousand eyes
If I walk out the door
If I walk out the door (A thousand eyes)
If I walk out the door (A thousand eyes)
If I walk out the door (A thousand eyes)
[Interlude]
Out the door, it starts
Out the door, it starts
Out the door, it starts
Out the door, it starts
Out the door, it starts
Out the door, it starts
Out the door, it starts
Out the door, it starts
[Verse 2]
It's gonna be cold with all those
It's gonna be cold with all those eyes
It's gonna be cold without those
It's gonna be cold with all those eyes
I'm so cold with all those
I'm so cold with all those eyes
I gotta be cold with all those
I'm so cold with all those eyes
It's gonna be cold with all those
[Outro]
If I walk out the door, it starts our last goodbye
If you don't pull me back, it wakes a thousand eyes
thousand eyes was written by Nicolas Jaar & FKA twigs.
thousand eyes was produced by FKA twigs & Noah Goldstein & Nicolas Jaar.
FKA twigs released thousand eyes on Fri Nov 08 2019.
Speaking in an interview with i-D Magazine, twigs said:
I thought, that if I was anything less than perfect I was going to be completely torn apart publicly.
While there is no specific reference to any group of people, in twigs' own words, via an Instagram AMA for MAGDALENE’s one year anniversary, she answered:
the thousand eyes that i sing about on the first song of my album refers to the chorus of people who have an opinion on the choices made in ones...