back to
Broken Stone Records
We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

WILD EYES

by Magnetic Heads

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $5 AUD  or more

     

  • Full Digital Discography

    Get all 6 Magnetic Heads releases available on Bandcamp and save 25%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Moral Outage, Time Of Your Life, The Street, WILD EYES, YOU WILL TEAR DOWN EVERYTHING THAT STANDS IN YOUR WAY, and BLIND. , and , .

    Purchasable with gift card

      $23.25 AUD or more (25% OFF)

     

  • CD
    Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Super Limited edition CD Version - 100 copies only!
    With artwork by Michaela Sanders and Photography by Zoe McMahon

    Includes unlimited streaming of WILD EYES via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

    Sold Out

1.
WILD EYES 04:40
WAIT THERE AS YOU WATCH THE TRAFFIC FLUTTER BY FROM THE HEIGHTS OF A SILVER STUDDED SKY AND THE SOUND OF YOUR CHILDREN’S MUFFLED CRIES ARE DROWNED BY THE WHITES OF YOUR WILD EYES WILD EYES WILD EYES HEY BABY WON’T YOU CLIMB BACK DOWN TO ME NOW HEY HONEY WON’T YOU COME BACK HOME TO ME NOW YOU’RE WILD YOU’RE WILD THE MEMORIES THAT FLICKER AND GLITTER IN YOUR MIND ARE NO MATCH FOR THE DARKNESS THAT YOU HIDE LIKE YOUR MOTHER YOU HOLD IT ALL INSIDE BUT I SEE IT IN THE WHITES OF YOUR WILD EYES WILD EYES WILD EYES HEY BABY WON’T YOU CLIMB BACK DOWN TO ME NOW HEY HONEY WON’T YOU COME BACK HOME TO ME NOW HEY BABY WON’T YOU CLIMB BACK DOWN TO ME NOW HEY HONEY WON’T YOU COME BACK HOME TO ME NOW YOU’RE WILD YOU’RE WILD YOU’RE WILD, COME BACK HOME TO ME NOW YOU’RE WILD, COME BACK HOME TO ME NOW WON’T YOU COME BACK HOME WON’T YOU COME BACK HOME YOU CAN’T COME BACK HOME YOU CAN’T COME BACK HOME YOU’RE WILD YOU’RE WILD YOU’RE WILD, COME BACK HOME TO ME NOW YOU’RE WILD, COME BACK HOME TO ME NOW YOU’RE WILD, COME BACK HOME TO ME NOW, BABY BABY YOU’RE WILD, COME BACK HOME TO ME NOW, BABY BABY
2.
SHORT HAIR AND A PINEAPPLE COAT SHE WALKS THE RAINY STREETS UP AND DOWN AT THE MEET AND GREET IT’S LIKE THERE’S SOMETHING IN HER THROAT TWILIGHT FAIRS THE WAY SHE STARES IT’S AS IF THERE WASN’T TIME DROP OF HAT WHIMS WHAT DO YOU SEE IN HIM YOU’VE GOT TO PUSH AND SHOVE AND PUSH AND SHOVE IN THAT LINE WELL YOU FIND YOUR LOVE IN THE STRANGEST PLACES WE WERE YOUNG WHEN WE MADE THAT JOKE YOU FOUND IT FUNNIER THAN ME SHORT WALKS BY THE TWITCHING SEA OUR FRIENDSHIP CURLS AWAY LIKE SMOKE STOP AND START YOU’VE GONE AND BROKEN MY HEART WITH YOUR STUTTER AND YOUR SMILE GUESSING GAMES WHEN YOU TOLD ME YOUR NAME YOU THINK YOU’D HOLD OUT, YEAH YOU’D HOLD OUT FOR A WHILE WELL YOU FIND YOUR LOVE IN THE STRANGEST PLACES LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA
3.
FLOWER 03:10
HEY TREMBLING FLOWER DON'T YOU GO SOUR MIND YOUR HEAD WATCH YOUR STEP YOU'RE OF AGE NOW THERE ARE CRACKS IN THAT WHITE IVORY TOWER IT'S OK YOU LOVE THEM YOU LEAVE THEM YOU ALWAYS BREAK EVEN IT'S THOSE CITY BRIGHT LIGHTS IT'S THE SEASON YOU BATHE IN THE SUNLIGHT OF REASON NOW THE MIST IT FALLS ABOUT YOUR LEAVES NOW YOUR STEM IT HARDENS BY DEGREES NOW THE WINTER MAKES IT HARD TO BREATHE NOW YOUR PETALS BLOW ABOUT THE BREEZE
4.
WHAT ARE WORDS BUT LITTLE THINGS WE SAY DAY BY DAY LIKE TROUBLE TAMED BY TIME LETTERS LINED WITH FALSE THOUGHTS THAT SLOWLY FADE AND DRY IDEAS DIE BUT WORDS THEY WILL REMAIN WHAT ARE WORDS BUT LITTLE THINGS WE SAY DAY BY DAY THINGS GET WORSE WHITE LIES TAKE A DARKER SHADE BLACK AS SPADES THEY WITHER UP AND FADE THE THINGS WE SAY AT NIGHT WILL WASH AWAY IN DAY WHAT IT MEANS TO REMIND YOU THAT THINGS WON’T WORK OUT THEY’LL JUST STAY THE SAME NOW THESE WORDS ARE NOTHING BUT A SHOW AND WE KNOW THINGS GET WORSE THE GAME WILL WAX AND WANE WHAT A SHAMES THESE WORDS ARE NOT TO BLAME THE THINGS WE SAY AT NIGHT WILL WASH AWAY IN DAY WHAT IT MEANS TO REMIND YOU THAT THINGS WORK OUT THEY’LL JUST STAY THE SAME THE SAME THE SAME THE SAME OLD SAME OLD SAME

credits

released June 9, 2011

Words and Music by Magnetic Heads

Wild Eyes recorded by Ned Cooke and Jonathon Desmond Miller at The Pitz and in various sunrooms
Drums performed by Alon Ilsar
Mixed by Chris Rollans, Shabby Road/Studio Ripple

Drums and some guitars on Strange Places, Flower and Lies Like Spades recorded by Simon Berkfinger at BJB studios
The rest recorded in situ (wherever that was at the time) by Jonathon Desmond Miller
Drums performed by Christopher Rudge
Mixed by Simon Berkfinger at Studios 301
All songs mastered by William Bowden, King Willy Sound

Cover photograph by Zoe McMahon www.zoemcmahon.com

Artwork and design by Michaela Sanders www.michaelasanders.com

Magnetic Heads are David Kaldor, Lucy Kaldor, Evan Lock, Jonathon Desmond Miller, William Miller www.magneticheads.net

Thank you everyone for everything

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Magnetic Heads Sydney, Australia

jangling 12-string guitars, tambourines and twisted synth hooks is presided over by a transfixing vocal delivery

contact / help

Contact Magnetic Heads

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Magnetic Heads, you may also like: