Silly Eye-Color Generalizations
Regina Spektor Lyrics

There are those boys with earthly eyes
Some boys have brown eyes which resemble the earth

Their eyes are like the ground
Their eyes are comparable to the nature of the earth

You walk and walk, kickin' up dirt
Dirt is kicked up when you walk on the ground or earth, just like these boys' eyes

But they don't make a sound
The boys do not speak, but rather their eyes resemble a natural, common element

And when they kiss you, they sometimes leave 'em open
When these boys kiss, they may not close their eyes all the way, as they resemble the earth which is always open

To make sure you don't drown
Keeping their eyes open allows them to watch over their partner and be sure they are safe from 'drowning'

Yeah, the sweetest eyes, the truest eyes are probably dark brown
She believes that the kindest and most honest pair of eyes would be a deep brown color

There are those boys with golden hazel eyes
Some boys have eyes with an iridescent, warm color like gold or hazel

The color of weak tea
These boys’ eyes have a soft, light tint like the color of weak-tea

They spend their nights howlin' at the moon
They spend their nights outside, perhaps not following social norms, giving off a wild and spontaneous attitude

To let go of the sea
They release their inner passions and wild tendencies, much like an untamed, raging sea

The scope of their depth is terrifying, thrilling
The magnitude of their emotional depth is both scary and exciting

You think you're finally free
You feel liberated and let go when you are with them

When you capture you
When you finally lure them in, they are hard to let go

'Cause golden eyes are as sticky as honey from a bee
Their eyes are addicting, much like sweet and sticky honey from a bee

I'm drownin'
She feels overwhelmed and lost in these boys' intense emotions

But those with blue I shouldn't trust
She has trust issues with boys who have blue eyes

'Cause I myself have blue
She has blue eyes herself and therefore may have the same negative traits

You fall for them so easy
She easily gets drawn in by boys with blue eyes, despite knowing their risky nature

You think you see right through
She believes she is smarter than to fall for their tricks

You take a leap, thinking the water is deep
Her trust in blue eyed boys allows her to carelessly jump into seemingly deep water, a metaphor for a relationship, unaware of hazards lying underneath

When suddenly it's just grey rain
However, the relationship turns into something opposite from what she expected or wanted; instead of deep and blue, it's shallow and grey

Then puddles at your feet, they turn to dirty ice
Instead of finding the blue water she was expecting, she finds dirty ice that melt and then turn back to clean blue water

But somehow they'll melt back to clean blue water once again
Although the relationship is sometimes not quite what she expected, the trust still occasionally works out

Blue eyes, they change like the weather
Blue-eyed boys are unpredictable, like how the weather can change abruptly

Blue sea, blue sky, blue pain
Blue represents many things, such as the soothing ocean or the infinite sky, but for her, it represents pain associated with heartbreak, a common theme of sad songs

I wouldn't trust my own blue-eyed reflection
She wouldn’t even trust herself if she had blue eyes, and recognizes those with blue eyes may be as untrustworthy as herself

As far as I could throw that mirror
She could not even trust the reflection in the mirror if it showed a blue-eyed girl

But these are just silly eye-color generalizations
She recognizes her own bias and that eye color does not determine one's character or behavior

You shouldn't believe a word I've said
She suggests the listener should not take her advice on relationships too seriously

'Cause when you're lying in your bed
She emphasizes that everyone has unique experiences and should not generalize people based on something as circumstantial as eye color

Darkness 'round your head
When you’re alone in bed, the darkness around your head can create a sense of bias or obsession about something small, like eye color ratings

Your eyes might as well be polka-dotted or plaid
All that really matters are the emotions and memories that are associated with someone, not their physical attributes, identical to how it doesn’t matter if your eyes were polka-dotted or plaid as long as you are happy inside.