Insane am I the only motherfucker with a brain?
I'm hearing voices but all they do is complain
How many times have you wanted to kill
Everything and everyone
Say you'll do it but never will

You can't see California without Marlon Brando's eyes
You can't see California without Marlon Brando's eyes
You can't see California without Marlon Brando's eyes

I am my Father's son
He's a phantom, a mystery and that leaves me
Nothing!
How many times have you wanted to die?
It's too late for me. All you have to do is get rid of me!

You can't see California without Marlon Brando's eyes
You can't see California without Marlon Brando's eyes
You can't see California without Marlon Brando's eyes

It's all in your head
It's all in my head
It's all in your head

I tried you lied to me for so long
Everywhere I go, there's a sense of it
Freak on my antics and give me a choice
Doesn't matter if I give a shit
It's shit that you gave me

You can't see California without Marlon Brando's eyes
You can't see California without Marlon Brando's eyes
You can't see California without Marlon Brando's eyes

It's all in your head
It's all in my head
It's all in your head

Do you want to feel pain? Takin' my name in vain
Caring never felt so lame inside
Anybody else got pride? Do you want to take my life?
Maybe I'll reverse my ride
Who the fuck are you? Fuck you!
Better suck it up 'cause you bled through
Better get away from me
Stay the fuck away from me!

I feel safe
Seems your saved
I feel safe
It seems your saved

Look me in my brand new eye
Look me in my brand new eye
Look me in my brand new eye

Motherfucker!

Look me in my brand new eye
Look me in my brand new eye
Look me in my brand new eye

Look me in my brand new



Lyrics submitted by thewhitepony33

Track duration: 03:56

"Eyeless" as written by Mickael Gordon Thomson, Craig Alan Jones, Christopher Michael Fehn, Michael Shawn Crahan, Corey Todd Taylor, Nathan Jonas Jordison, Paul Dedrick Gray, Sidney George Wilson

Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing

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    General Comment:Has anyone thought that perhaps he was originally going to say; you can't see California without Charlie Manson's eyes?
    They also spell it with TWO S's Like SS.
    Those are Manson quotes, to an extent. Its all in your head.
    Flag Colubrinedeuceon January 29, 2013   Link
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    General Comment:great song bi a gr8 band, any1 hear lyrics other than the correct 1nz, might just b me tho-
    Prosthetics had a mix of mistake/must-take kind thing as do many songs especially in this album, the whole double entendre kinda thing floats through out ther music
    thts why daye bttr dan many other "musical artists" who sing basic run of the mill "crap"
    SOAD pretty dmn gewd band of the tim period as well...


    oh nd BMTH doing a covr of it was nice, ya know great gesture with honest intentions i think
    Flag gotkurslfnon September 02, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:Just heard this song, today after I bought the antennas to hell album.
    Have to say it's amazing and heavy. Witch I like
    Flagged hornbogen34on July 30, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:the song is about a hobo that corey sees on the sidewalk in new york that keeps walking up to him saying look me in my eye its my new eye it lets me see california but he didnt actualy have an eye the hobos name was Marlon Brando
    Flagged MarlonBrandoon October 29, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:I think he is talking about a mix of not knowing his own father,and maybe what Marlon Brandos children felt like. He was married 3 times and had a good many kids. I doubt he had much of a relationship with them.
    Flagged masterlegacyon September 07, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:Marlon Brando was an actor who died blind because of diabetes. I assume they say he's the one who's eyeless because he was blind. They also said he performed a lot of mischief when producing movies, he would confront the producer with strange demands and he would refuse to do things. Half the time he refused to remember his lines.
    He had three wives and 6 sons; I'm thinking some of the verses about his father is coming from the point of view of the sons of Marlon.
    Ever heard "Nothing To Gein" by Mudvayne? It's from the point of view of Edward Gein, not the band members.

    Outside influences, people.
    Flag WaffleTheEpicon August 18, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:Snowman makes the most sense out of all of these, but I think I can tie all of this together. I think it's about how people don't know what it's like to not have a father and to struggle with it all his life. I'll break it down:

    Insane - Am I the only muthafucker with a brain?
    I'm hearing voices but all they do is complain
    How many times have you wanted to kill
    Everything and everyone - Say you'll do it but never will

    *Kids who get angry because they're dad doesn't let them do something and how they just want to kill someone over it, even though of course MOST of them never do*

    You can't see California without Marlon Brando's eyes

    *This is the toughest part of the puzzle, but I'll give my best answer. The homeless man was probably crazy and basically trying to say "You don't know what it's like to be homeless, and corey tied that into his experience*

    I am my Father's son
    He's a phantom, a mystery and that leaves me nothing!
    How many times have you wanted to die?
    It's too late for me
    All you have to do is get rid of me!

    *Fairly self explaintory, his father really is a phantom and a mystery. Corey is alive so he's not anything special and wants to die (that might be exaggerated)*

    It's all in your head
    It's all in my head
    It's all in your head

    *Maybe a reference to the chaos around him?*

    I tried - You lied to me for so long
    Everywhere I go, there's a sense of it
    Freak on my antics and give me a choice
    Doesn't matter if I give a shit
    It's shit that you gave me

    *To his father now, he says he has to live with everyone around him having fathers because he died and left him with this shit*

    Do you wanna feel pain? Takin' my name in vain
    Caring never felt so lame inside
    Anybody else got pride? Do you wanna take my life?
    Maybe I'll reverse my ride
    Who the hell are you? FUCK YOU!
    Better suck it up cuz you bled through
    Better get away from me
    Stay the fuck away from me!

    *Starting fights with people who hate on his situation*

    I feel safe - Seems your saved

    *He only feels safe, but the other people around him are safe*

    Look me in my brand new eye

    *His eyes are brand new because they are evolved to living a different life. There's also a random MOTHERFUCKER in there somewhere.*

    I personally hate slipknot but Eyeless is probably one of the only good songs by them. I'm more into deathcore and that type of stuff. BMTH did a cover of this song and it wasn't as good as this, but it is heavier.
    Flagged corerulezon August 14, 2010   Link
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    Song Meaning:I think this song is about how he realizes how the world really is. Like when he says "You can't see California without Marlon Brando's eyes", I think that means you can't truly see what something is unless you've been there and lived it. And when he says "Look me in my brand-new eye", that means that he wants people to try to deal with him now that he sees the world for what it really is. Brand-new eye pretty much means brand-new perception.
    Flag snowman4839on April 16, 2010   Link
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    Song Meaning:this song is about marlon brando who was an actor in the 50s and how you cant realy see th action of hollywood without marlon brandos eyes
    Flag 3dg4evaon April 02, 2010   Link
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    Song Meaning:IIIIIIIIIIIIDDDDDDDDDDIIIIIIIIIIOOOOOOOOOOTTTTTTTTTSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Corey did met his fucking dad
    Flag slipknot4evaon March 06, 2010   Link

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