An acclaimed track from the seminal album by Death, Symbolic. Concentrating on societal and political messages, this song comments on the control that comes through governmental omnipresence, particularly bringing to mind Orwell’s 1984 and other similar dystopias.
[Verse 1]
Crossing the line into the other side
Emerging as prisoners
To the emptiness of time
[Pre-Chorus]
To the left and to the right
From behind - they're out of sight
Plunging into a newfound
Age of advanced observeillance
A worldwide, foolproof cage
[Chorus]
Privacy and intimacy as we know it
Will be a memory
Among many to be passed down
To those who never knew
[Post-Chorus]
Living in the pupil of one thousand eyes
[Bridge]
Was it overlooked in front of all our faces?
Now, all the mistakes and secrets
Cannot be erased
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 2]
Viewing the blind complexity
By which laws were justified
To erase simplicity
[Pre-Chorus]
To the left and to the right
From behind - they're out of sight
Plunging into a new found
Age of advanced observeillance
A worldwide, foolproof cage
[Chorus]
Privacy and intimacy as we know it
Will be a memory
Among many to be passed down
To those who never knew
[Post-Chorus]
Living in the pupil of one thousand eyes
[Outro]
We are enslaved now...
1,000 Eyes was written by Chuck Schuldiner.
1,000 Eyes was produced by Jim Morris & Chuck Schuldiner.
Death released 1,000 Eyes on Tue Mar 21 1995.