Ice-Blue Eyes (Girl On Stilts)

Story Behind The Song

Eric says: I broke two of my own rules with this one--First, I hardly ever use middle-eastern-sounding lines because I think it?s a cop-out for a solo string player. It?s just too easy. But here it works for the bookend intro/outro part. Second, I don?t l

Song Description

Simon says: In our live shows I've introduced this song as "a song about a very tall stripper I used to know", which is true. She wasn't a stripper when I met her. The stripping came later. She was a wannabe rockstar full of dreams of imminent fame and fo

Song Length 5:45 Genre Rock - Alternative, Pop - Rock
Tempo Medium Slow (91 - 110) Lead Vocal Male Vocal
Mood Heartbreaking Language English
Era 2000 and later

Lyrics

Ice-Blue Eyes (Girl On Stilts)

Girl on stilts, leaving me in her shadow
Her favorite number's sixty-nine
Girl on stilts, machine-gun mouth
Spits names like ammo
She wears a broken Swatch for time

Girl on stilts, makes the world all out of focus
So every danger looks the same
Girl on stilts, every sidewalk is a catwalk
She'll fix the fight and fight for fame

The fear that's creeping in won't be here very long
Write the hooks and watch the baby go insane

Girl on stilts, always ready for the crush
Her world is filled with gorgeous creatures
Girl on stilts, hair like the burning bush
She'll work the room with Bowie features

And every passing day brings dramas to unfold
Read the books and watch the TV in your brain

And it makes me sad
To think her future is all she's ever had
And when you look into her eyes
Those ice-blue eyes and realise that she's been used
She's been so abused, you'll feel it too

Girl on stilts, like the guys she's always dating
Certain that she's got the power
Girl on stilts, pale as Death who's surely waiting
She speaks a million miles-an-hour

The fear that's creeping in won't be here very long
Write the hooks and watch the baby go insane
And every passing day brings dramas to unfold
Read the books and watch the TV in your brain

And it makes me sad
To think her future is all she's ever had
And when you look into her eyes
Those ice-blue eyes and realise that she's been used
She's been so abused, you'll feel it too

Girl on stilts, leaving me in her shadow
Her favorite number's sixty-nine

Lyrics Simon Holden Music Simon Holden
Producer Robin Holden Publisher XUKMUSIC
Performance XUK Label none

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