Ladyhawk awakens in a trash-filled, "morning after" apartment in East Vanco… Read Full Bio ↴Ladyhawk awakens in a trash-filled, "morning after" apartment in East Vancouver, British Columbia. Duffy, Darcy, Sean, and Ryan arise, pick up their instruments and head out into the heathen city, singing songs about life and love. They are rockers and dreamers -- still trapped in their apple country teenage minds, looking for girls and kicks, and mining their teenage quarries from the inside-out. Growing up together as the best of friends, Ladyhawk have stories that radiate with the presence of all four members. Their self-titled debut on Jagjaguwar is a stomping and sweaty ride through the Vancouver streets that they all know well, as viewed from the seats of a bruised and doorless Astro Van. In this ride, you can't help but feel that you will fall out and you will fall down, and your joints will all be sore at the end of the trip.

Ladyhawk's core is bracing rock. Neil Young's Tonight's The Night is the hailstorm on the hood of The Replacements Let It Be, while distorted guitars invoke the thread and swerve of Silkworm and Dinosaur Jr. Helped along the way by Amber Webber (vocals) and Josh Wells (percussion, organ, singing) of Black Mountain, it will be hard to find a more hauntingly beautiful set of rock music than this debut. It was recorded and mixed, with the help of Black Mountaineers Wells and Matthew Camirand, in the "Karachi Vice" clubhouse, in the back of a furniture factory, amongst chicken and fish processing plants. With some of the more "inexpensive" ladies of the night scattered about, it captures the bottlenecked frenzy of their much-loved live show. There, each night, these grown-up kids at heart fall over, get right back up, cry on shoulders and fold the day in halves, watching the sun come up over the dashboard.

Drunk Eyes
Ladyhawk Lyrics

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Well I truly think it's fine to not be normal all the time
Because every young boy understands what it means to be a man
But I'm still stuck in the middle lately
I made a bet for a heart attack
I don't care if I'm never going no where
I don't care if I'm never coming back

Yeah, it's a long (x4)

Yeah, it's a long way back on a moonless night with your drunk eyes on
You can wander and wind up in places where you just don't belong

So take me out tonight
No, I won't fuss and I won't fight
Just feed me lies and feed me booze
I ain't got nothing much to lose
Maybe I'm just going crazy
Baby, that's alright with me
I'm so tired of leaping off the deep end
I'm so tired of just letting it be

Yeah, it's a long (x4)

Yeah, it's a long way back on a moonless night with your drunk eyes on
You can wander and wind up in places where you just don't belong

But yeah, I saw the light there by the roadside
Blinding my eyes and terrifying my mind

It won't fade away, but stay here forever
Even after I'm gone

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Ladyhawk's "Drunk Eyes" seem to convey a sense of aimlessness and uncertainty experienced by the singer. He starts by acknowledging the societal norms of being a "normal" man, but admits to being stuck in the middle lately. He has made a risky bet and is willing to accept the consequences. Despite the possibility of not going anywhere and not coming back, he seems indifferent to it. This might imply a state of apathy from the singer.

The chorus of the song speaks about the consequences of wandering around aimlessly with drunk eyes. It is a long way back on a moonless night- implying that there are no shortcuts. The singer can end up in places where they do not belong. This could be a literal or a metaphorical idea- it could represent the notion of losing oneself in the world.

In the second verse, the singer seems to seek solace in a night out. He implores someone to take him out and feed him lies and booze. The idea, here, is probably to forget everything or to numb the pain. The singer seems to be grappling with deep issues and is tired of taking the plunge. However, he seems to condone his own state of mind, acknowledging that maybe he is just going crazy. He is also tired of "letting it be", which could denote a passive state of acceptance of whatever is happening to him.

The last lines of the song speak about a bright light that threatens to blind and terrify the singer, but will stay with him even after he is gone. The light here could be a metaphorical representation of the singer's turmoil or an actual light- that's open to interpretation.

Line by Line Meaning

Well I truly think it's fine to not be normal all the time
It's okay to be unconventional at times.

Because every young boy understands what it means to be a man
Young boys instinctively know what it means to be a man.

But I'm still stuck in the middle lately
I'm currently feeling indecisive and in-between.

I made a bet for a heart attack
I did something risky with negative consequences.

I don't care if I'm never going no where
I'm not concerned with going anywhere or making progress.

I don't care if I'm never coming back
I'm not concerned with returning to where I started.

Yeah, it's a long way back on a moonless night with your drunk eyes on
Returning to where you started is difficult with blurred, drunken vision on a dark night.

You can wander and wind up in places where you just don't belong
Wandering aimlessly can lead to ending up in places where you don't fit in.

So take me out tonight
Let's go out tonight.

No, I won't fuss and I won't fight
I won't be difficult or combative.

Just feed me lies and feed me booze
I don't care if you deceive me or get me drunk.

I ain't got nothing much to lose
I don't have much to lose.

Maybe I'm just going crazy
Perhaps I'm losing my mind.

Baby, that's alright with me
But I'm okay with that.

I'm so tired of leaping off the deep end
I'm exhausted from taking big risks.

I'm so tired of just letting it be
I'm weary of leaving things as they are.

But yeah, I saw the light there by the roadside
But I did see something significant by the road.

Blinding my eyes and terrifying my mind
It was incredibly bright and startling.

It won't fade away, but stay here forever
The image will remain fixed in my mind permanently.