That Great Look In Your Eyes

I really like this song by The Silencers. I’ve liked it since 1991, about three months before new wave station BMFM aired its last song. I remember preparing to leave for school one day, but I stopped and sat down to listen to it when it started playing. The janglepop-y guitar parts felt hypnotic and soothing, and the opening lines called to me.

A friend was able to find me a clear copy and he included that in a mix CD, many years later. It’s always been a song whose meaning I feel every time I hear it, aptly evolving to fit the people I fancy. In other words, this is one of the songs that actually grew with me. And I still listen to it.

Back when I first started blogging three years ago, I posted the lyrics and highlighted certain words in color, like so.

I WANT YOU
The Silencers
(J.O`Neill)

Well I want to paint your picture
With that great look in your eyes
And I want to write a song so gentle
It could make you cry

I want the world and all its charms
And nothing else will do
And hey I want you

Well I want a roaring city
And I want a healing sun
And I want a magic wilderness where
We could be anyone

I want the world and all its charms
And nothing else will do
And hey
I want you
I want you

Well I want to be your soldier
And I want to be your friend
And I want to be your dancing fool
And dance you till the end

I want the world and all its charms
And nothing else will do
And hey
I want you