Vireo’s Eye
Future Islands * Track #8 On In Evening Air
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Vireo's Eye by Future Islands
Release Date
Performed by
Future IslandsProduced by
Chester Endersby GwazdaWrited by
Gerrit Welmers & William Cashion & Samuel T. HerringAbout
Vireo’s Eye was the last song of the album to be penned and is a last goodbye to the girlfriend about whom “In the Evening Air” was written.
It’s title comes again from the Theodore Roethke’s poem that named the title track of the album “In the Evening Air” which opens with “A dark theme keeps me h...
Vireo’s Eye Lyrics
[Verse 1]
A loose, and hazy time
When you were not my Clementine
And I was not your diamond's eye
Bereft, as daisies lie
For our love was not lost in style
You were strong, I was a child
[Chorus]
We, we're not kings here
We're not kings here
We're just strangers
We, we're not kings here
We're not kings here
We're just strangers
[Verse 2]
And Love, has died in song
Carried down by ancient tongues
Ferried around the water's thrum
And winds, along a line
Along a whirl, a lonely girl
To be, to see, to sweat, and bleed
To fall on your sword-on your sword
On your word
[Chorus]
We, we're not kings here
We're not kings here
We're just strangers
We, we're not kings here
We're not kings here
We're just strangers
[Verse 3]
Be still, by my side
For you are not my Clementine
And I am not your diamond's eye
To Sleep!
By right of you, I can't endure
In the light of things, I can't ignore
In spite of all the rose's thorns, and hopeless words, and hopeless works
[Chorus]
We're not kings here
We're not kings here
We're just strangers
We, we're not kings here
We're not the kings here
We're just strangers
We, we're not kings here
We're not kings here
We're just strangers
We, we're not kings here
We're not the kings here
We're just strangers
And angels
Vireo’s Eye Q&A
Who wrote Vireo’s Eye's ?
Vireo’s Eye was written by Gerrit Welmers & William Cashion & Samuel T. Herring.
Who produced Vireo’s Eye's ?
Vireo’s Eye was produced by Chester Endersby Gwazda.
When did Future Islands release Vireo’s Eye?
Future Islands released Vireo’s Eye on Tue May 04 2010.
What did Future Islands say about "Vireo's Eye"?
According to singer/lyricist Samuel T. Herring:
it contains a few daggers but therer is also a mutual understanding that we don’t completely control our worlds and things happen around us that we can’t help, we just have to go on.