I´ve tried, I´ved listened to everybody!
On TV and radio, I read the papers and magazines
I´ve tried but I´m still confused
Who´s right?
What´s right?
What should I belive?
What are the facts?
How can I tell? "it´s not surprising that you are confused"
I'm lying in a hospital, I'm pinned against the bed.
A stethoscope upon my heart, A hand against my head.
They're peeling off the bandages. I'm wincing in the light.
The nurse is looking anxious, And she's quivering in fright...
I'm looking through Gary Gilmore's eyes.
The doctors are avoiding me. My vision is confused.
I listen to my earphones, And I catch the evening news.
A murderer's been killed, And he donates his sight to science.
I'm locked into a private ward. I realise that I must be...
Looking through Gary Gilmore's eyes.
Looking through Gary Gilmore's eyes.
I smash the light in anger. Push my bed against the door.
I close my lids across my eyes, And wish to see no more.
The eye receives the messages, And sends them to the brain.
No guarantee the stimuli must be perceived the same...
When looking through Gary Gilmore's eyes.
Gary don't need his eyes to see.
Gary and his eyes have parted company.
Gary Mark Gilmore var en amerikansk brottsling och mördare som dömdes till döden för flera mord men vägrade att överklaga domslutet och be om nåd. Gilmore avrättades på morgonen den 17 januari 1977 genom arkebusering. Hans sista ord var "Let's do it!". Norman Mailer ägnar sin roman Bödelns sång åt Gilmores öde.
Citat:
"Gilmore requested that, following his execution, his eyes be used for transplant purposes. Within hours of the execution, two people received his corneas, inspiring the British punk rock band The Adverts to write and release "Gary Gilmore's Eyes" later that year. "
Well you can buy your friends, but I'll hate you for free
__________________ We don't mind when our fans pay money to wear our promotional T-shirts, and it's fine when they pay forty dollars to come to one of our concerts, but when our fans think they can listen to our music for free, they just crossed the line. Lars Ulrich