From Staring at Sound: The True Story of Oklahoma’s Fabulous Flaming Lips:
“Garden of Eyes / Forever is a Long Time” and “Scratchin' the Door” are both epic, multipart suites with waves of crescendos, bizarre-sounding guitar solos, distinctive melodic shifts, and an ambience that hints of Wayne and...
The first thing that you see
Is a screen on my TV
It's a place that's hard to find
You can leave your body behind
Now we really feel it
It comes to us like air
And everybody borrows it
And leaves it everywhere
[Chorus]
Forever is a long time
Forever is a long time
Explodin' in your mind
Forever is a long, long
Time is uneven forever and ever
Time is uneven forever and ever
The things we said yesterday
All gone far away
The things we said today
Will be here forever
[Chorus]
Now we really feel it
It comes to us like air
Everybody borrows it
Leaves it everywhere
[Chorus]
Garden of Eyes/Forever Is a Long Time was written by Mark Coyne & Michael Ivins & Richard English & Wayne Coyne.
Garden of Eyes/Forever Is a Long Time was produced by The Flaming Lips.