The Eyes Have It by Philip K. Dick

Promotional music for Philip K. Dick's story "The Eyes Have It" featured in "The Pitch Science Fiction 3Q2024" available at: https://lphi.top/p-tpsf-2
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Lyrics SRT:

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[Intro]
[instrumental]

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[Verse 1]
Just sitting here, a book I found,

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Left on the bus, without a sound.

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Turning pages, idly slow,

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Something shifted, didn't know…

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A reference there, so slight and small,

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Changed everything, beyond recall.

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[Chorus]
The eyes have it, moving free,

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Not bound to faces, you see.

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Roving, roaming, a chilling sight,

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No surprise, no fear in the light.

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The eyes have it, detached and cold,

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A story unfolding, yet untold.

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[Verse 2]
They moved from person, to person's gaze,

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Through the air, in a silent haze.

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Not rolling dimes, no earthly grace,

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Just drifting onward, out of place.

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The author wrote it, calm and cool,

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As if this strangeness was the rule.

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[Bridge]
Julia blushed, she knitted tight,

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A flicker of feeling in the light.

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But they kept moving, ever on,

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An alien presence, silently drawn.

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Examining her, inch by slow inch,

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A chilling scrutiny, a silent clinch.

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[Chorus]
The eyes have it, moving free,

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Not bound to faces, you see.

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Roving, roaming, a chilling sight,

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No surprise, no fear in the light.

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The eyes have it, detached and cold,

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A story unfolding, yet untold.

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[Verse 3]
An arm removed, with a casual smile,

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Left standing there, for a little while.

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Binary fission, splitting apart,

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Half to the cafe, half to start…

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No guts, no brains, a hollow shell,

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A universe of secrets they conceal.

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[Bridge]
She gave her heart, without a plea,

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Then offered her hand, for him to see.

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Dismantled pieces, drifting away,

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Living on, in their alien way.

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Her eyes followed, across the land,

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A silent promise, close at hand.

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[Chorus]
The eyes have it, moving free,

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Not bound to faces, you see.

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Roving, roaming, a chilling sight,

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No surprise, no fear in the light.

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The eyes have it, detached and cold,

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A story unfolding, yet untold.

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[Outro]
…I don’t want to get mixed up in it…