Girl with One Eye by Florence + the Machine
Girl with One Eye by Florence + the Machine

Girl with One Eye

Florence + the Machine * Track #6 On Lungs

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Girl with One Eye by Florence + the Machine

Release Date
Fri Jul 03 2009
Produced by
Steve Mackey
Writed by
Matt Allchin
About

“Girl With One Eye” is a cover of a song by an obscure punk band called The Ludes that Florence performed with earlier in her career. Florence does not change to masculine pronouns in order to sing it, giving this particular cover extra layers of ambiguity in both sexuality and meanings.

Girl with One Eye Lyrics

[Verse 1]
She told me not to step on the cracks
I told her not to fuss and relax
Pretty little face stopped me in my tracks

[Refrain]
But now she sleeps with one eye open
And that's the price she'll pay

[Verse 2]
I took a knife and cut out her eye
I took it home and watched it wither and die
Well, she's lucky that I didn't slip her a smile

[Refrain]
That's why she sleeps with one eye open, oh
But that's the price she'll pay

[Chorus]
I said, "Hey, girl with one eye
Get your filthy fingers out of my pie"
I said, "Hey, girl with one eye
I'll cut your little heart out 'cause you made me cry"

[Verse 3]
I slipped my hand under her skirt
I said, "Don't worry, oh-oh, it's not gonna hu-u-urt"
Oh, my reputation's kind of clouded with dirt

[Refrain]
That's why you sleep with one eye open, oh
But that's the price you'll pay

[Chorus]
I said, "Hey, girl with one eye
Get your filthy fingers out of my pie"
I said, "Hey, girl with one eye
I'll cut your little heart out 'cause you made me cry"

[Bridge]
You made me cry
You made me cry
You made me cry

[Chorus]
I said, "Hey, girl with one eye
Get your filthy fingers out of my pie"
I said, "Hey, girl with one eye
Get your filthy fingers out of my pie"
And I said, "Hey, girl with one eye, oh
Get your filthy fingers out of my pie"
And I said, "Hey, girl with one eye
I'll cut your little heart out 'cause you made me cry"

Girl with One Eye Q&A

Who wrote Girl with One Eye's ?

Girl with One Eye was written by Matt Allchin.

Who produced Girl with One Eye's ?

Girl with One Eye was produced by Steve Mackey.

When did Florence + the Machine release Girl with One Eye?

Florence + the Machine released Girl with One Eye on Fri Jul 03 2009.

What did Florence + the Machine say about "Girl with One Eye"?

She told The Independent June 27, 2009:

I’ve always been attracted to dark imagery. I used to believe in vampires and werewolves. I get night terrors, panic attacks. Even as a kid, I’d be more inclined to write about a flower dying than blossoming.

What else have the artists said about the song?

Florence allegedly said:

It wasn’t written by me. I started hanging out with a punk band called The Ludes and they used to play this song live, but never recorded it. Something about it really touched me, and I used to sing it with them, onstage. Then when they stopped playing it, I started playing...

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