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Get Behind My Eyes

by Cody J. Martin

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"Get Behind My Eyes" words & music by Cody J. Martin

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Who'd a thought I'd see you here?
You, looking so alone
Standing next to William
Scrolling sadly through your phone
He asks you, "baby, hold my drink?"
and follows Betty up the stairs
Leaves you in your costume
Searching for someone to care

Maybe girl, your ceiling is the same thing as my floor
We walked into the same room but we used a different door
And the answer won't be easy when you ask why I don't call
If you don't have something nice to say, you shouldn't speak at all

Then you suddenly approach me
Asking for a cigarette
The front porch it was empty
The sidewalks they were wet
You say that William doesn't love you
All the ways you thought he would
Smoke pouring from my nostrils
Well, why do you think he should?

Are you afraid that he will hurt you just the same as you hurt me?
Someday you're gonna wish there's someone else that you could be
If you feel like trading places isn't taking things too far
Come get behind my eyes and see yourself for who you are

Well you caught me feeling honest
A drunken tongue for sober thoughts
Or maybe it's just Halloween
That lets you be someone you're not
Well the silence seemed too perfect
When your sadness was compared
So I broke it with the question
"Do you think Billy's still upstairs?"

I'm a soldier with no circus, you're a clown without a war
Maybe girl, your ceiling is the same thing as his floor
How can you say you're sorry? Well, you've got some goddamned nerve
Perhaps the life you don't want is the one that you deserve

When this party's over
Every face shall leave unmasked
I let you hold my point of view
But now I want it back
Who would wanna stay here?
Girl, it really must be hell
Doing all these things you've done
And living with yourself

Tonight we both shall go home with some sights we can't unsee
By now I bet you wish there's someone else that you could be
And as I turn back to my own world, things they just don't seem as dark
Since I've been behind your eyes and for myself seen who you are

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released October 23, 2020
Performed by Cody J. Martin

Engineered & recorded by Coby Hartzler at Woodhouse Recording
Engineered & recorded by John Finley at Kopperhead Compositions
Mixed by John Finley
Mastered by Adam Boose at Cauliflower Audio
Produced by John Finley & Cody J. Martin

Album artwork & design by Tyler Neading

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Cody J. Martin is a singer/songwriter from Massillon, OH.

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