The Mind's Eye
"The Mind's Eye" is a song by British progressive metal band Haken. It is the fourth song on the band's second album, Visions.
Basis
NOTE: It's recommended that you know the basis of the album before you read this. |
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Lyrics
"The Mind's Eye" lyrics [Click here]
Underneath your mask, a place for us to hide
From this penetrating pain of mortal life
The beauty of it all makes no sense to me
With restraints on my curiosity
When you are dreaming
I am wide awake
Believe when you see me
In the mind's eye I wait
While you are sleeping
Lost inside your mind
In the dead of night
Nowhere else to hide
Playing with fire is burning my reality
The shape of things to come are closer than they seem
Changing your design every time you disappear
I'm planning my escape through portals of your mind
Where people seem to drop like flies
I buried your past away
Failing to seize the day
Your memory is suppressed
I'm raising the dead
I'm lost inside your mind
In the dead of night
Nowhere else to hide
Playing with fire is burning my reality
Lost inside your mind
I am wide awake
Nowhere else to hide
In the mind's eye I await
Personnel
Haken
- Ross Jennings - vocals
- Richard Henshall - guitars, keyboards
- Charlie Griffiths - guitars
- Diego Tejeida - keyboards, sound design, strings and french horn arrangements
- Thomas MacLean - bass
- Raymond Hearne - drums, tuba, strings and french horn arrangements
Trivia
- "The Mind's Eye" would be one of two Haken songs on the setlist for Ross Jennings' cancelled Acoustic Shadows tour, along with "Deathless".
"The Mind's Eye" lyrics [Click here]
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Underneath your mask, a place for us to hide From this penetrating pain of mortal life The beauty of it all makes no sense to me With restraints on my curiosity When you are dreaming I am wide awake Believe when you see me In the mind's eye I wait While you are sleeping Lost inside your mind In the dead of night Nowhere else to hide Playing with fire is burning my reality The shape of things to come are closer than they seem Changing your design every time you disappear I'm planning my escape through portals of your mind Where people seem to drop like flies I buried your past away Failing to seize the day Your memory is suppressed I'm raising the dead I'm lost inside your mind In the dead of night Nowhere else to hide Playing with fire is burning my reality Lost inside your mind I am wide awake Nowhere else to hide In the mind's eye I await |
- Ross Jennings - vocals
- Richard Henshall - guitars, keyboards
- Charlie Griffiths - guitars
- Diego Tejeida - keyboards, sound design, strings and french horn arrangements
- Thomas MacLean - bass
- Raymond Hearne - drums, tuba, strings and french horn arrangements