Naked Eyes is a British new wave band that rose to prominence in the early … Read Full Bio ↴Naked Eyes is a British new wave band that rose to prominence in the early 1980s. The band had four US top 40 singles, but had little commercial success in their homeland. Their first hit, "Always Something There to Remind Me," was a cover of the Burt Bacharach/Hal David standard. The band had subsequent hits with their own compositions, "Promises, Promises," "When the Lights Go Out," and "(What) In the Name of Love" in the United States.

History.
Naked Eyes was formed by two college friends from Bath, England. The band features Pete Byrne on vocals and Rob Fisher on keyboards. The two had formerly played in a band called Neon, which also featured future members of Tears for Fears. Naked Eyes was one of the first bands to make significant use of the Fairlight CMI sampling synthesizer on a recording.

The debut album Burning Bridges was produced by Tony Mansfield, along with the follow-up album Fuel for the Fire, which also featured two titles produced by Arthur Baker. Their second and third singles, "Promises, Promises" (the 12" mix of which features vocals from Madonna) and "When the Lights Go Out," were also hit singles in the United States.

Following the release of the band's second album, Byrne moved to California and performed session work. He performed on Stevie Wonder's "Part-Time Lover," sang backgrounds with Rita Coolidge and Princess Stephanie, and wrote and produced for the Olsen twins. Fisher also explored other projects, doing sessions in London and forming Climie Fisher with Simon Climie.

The group never toured due to the technical difficulties of recreating their studio sound in concert. Rob Fisher died on 25 August 1999, aged 42, following surgery for bowel cancer. Byrne released a solo album The Real Illusion in 2001, which featured some of the last tracks he wrote with Fisher for a proposed third Naked Eyes album. In 2005, Byrne put a band together to play some Naked Eyes shows and has been touring regularly since. In 2007, Naked Eyes released Fumbling with the Covers, an acoustic album which consisted of covers of Bob Dylan, The Beatles and Elvis Costello, among others, along with the Naked Eyes hits.

In the summer of 2008, Naked Eyes completed a US tour along with Belinda Carlisle, ABC and The Human League. In the summer of 2014, Naked Eyes did a US tour with The Go-Go's, Scandal and The Motels.

Little Wing
Naked Eyes Lyrics

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Well, she's walking
Through the clouds
With a circus mind
That's running wild
Butterflies and zebras and moonbeams
And fairy tales
That's all she ever thinks about
Riding with the wind

When I'm sad
She comes to me
With a thousand smiles
She gives to me free
It's alright, she says, it's alright
Take anything you want from me, anything
Anything

Fly on, little wing

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Naked Eyes's song Little Wing describe a free-spirited girl who lives in her own world of fantasy and dreams. She is portrayed as walking through the clouds with a circus mind that is running wild. The imagery of butterflies, zebras, and moonbeams help to illustrate her imaginative mind. She only ever thinks about fairy tales and is always riding with the wind, which is a metaphor for her free-spirited nature.

The singer of the song evidently has a close relationship with the girl who is described in the lyrics. When he is sad, she comes to him and brings him joy with her thousand smiles. She offers him anything he wants, saying that everything will be okay. The final line of the song, "fly on, little wing," suggests that the freedom and imagination embodied by the girl in the song is something to be cherished and celebrated.

Line by Line Meaning

Well, she's walking
She is taking steps

Through the clouds
She is travelling above the ground level in the sky

With a circus mind
She has a whimsical and imaginative mind like a circus artist

That's running wild
Her thoughts and ideas are uncontrolled and untamed

Butterflies and zebras and moonbeams
She imagines fantastical things like butterflies, zebras and moonbeams

And fairy tales
She indulges in stories about magic and mythical creatures

That's all she ever thinks about
Her mind is always occupied with these thoughts

Riding with the wind
She is carried away by the force of the wind

When I'm sad
When I feel unhappy

She comes to me
She approaches me

With a thousand smiles
She has many cheerful expressions on her face