Red Eye, named after late-night flights between 9pm and 5am, details the difficultly of maintaining a regular life while attempting to pursue fame.
[Verse 1]
I lost perspective of who I was, I hit the wall
I knew that it would take a lot, but it took it all
No, you don't come this far to turn around
Covered too many miles
No, you don't get this close to breaking out
Just to close your eyes
[Chorus]
While the world sleeps under my feet tonight
I'm chasing myself in the sky
While the world sleeps under my feet tonight
I'll be up here learning to fly
When you love what you can't let go
And your heart, it already knows
Sure it'll hurt, but it's worth every burn
Cause one day you'll get home
Still it feels like I am always on the red eye
[Verse 2]
This time around it's not even about getting paid
I'm just an addict for the moment when the magic is made
When you are who you are, who you really are
It can put you through hell
Spend a day in the skin that you want to live in
And see how it feels
[Chorus]
While the world sleeps under my feet tonight
I'm chasing myself in the sky
While the world sleeps under my feet tonight
I'll be up here learning to fly
When you love what you can't let go
And your heart, it already knows
Sure it'll hurt, but it's worth every burn
Cause one day you'll get home
Still it feels like I am always on the red
Feels like I am always on the red eye
[Bridge]
Finding myself these days
Looking down from the window seat
I'm counting lights on houses
When I should be counting sheep
Truth is that I can't complain
I'll do it over and over again
And over again
[Chorus]
While the world sleeps under my feet tonight
I'm chasing myself in the sky
While the world sleeps under my feet tonight
I'll be up here learning to fly
While the world sleeps under my feet tonight
I'm chasing myself in the sky
While the world sleeps under my feet tonight
I'll be up here learning to fly
When you love what you can't let go
And your heart, it already knows
Sure it'll hurt, but it's worth every burn
Cause one day you'll get home
Still it feels like I am always on the red
Feels like I am always on the red eye
Red Eye was written by MdL & JHart & Josh Kear & Abram Dean & Josiah Rosen & Tom Meredith & Andy Grammer.
Red Eye was produced by Jon Levine.
Andy Grammer released Red Eye on Tue Aug 05 2014.
“Red Eye” is about getting over the hump when nobody knows who you are, nobody cares, and you really just have to hit each major city in this country so many times. And the only way to really do that, to go from city to city to city every single day, is to play a show in the city that you’re in, and...