Florence + the Machine
Florence + the Machine
Florence + the Machine
Florence + the Machine
Florence + the Machine
Florence + the Machine
Florence + the Machine
Florence + the Machine
Florence + the Machine
Florence + the Machine
Florence + the Machine
Florence + the Machine
Florence + the Machine
“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.
[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 was written by Matt Allchin.
Girl with One Eye was produced by Steve Mackey.
Florence + the Machine released Girl with One Eye on Fri Jul 03 2009.
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.
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...