The original members were Richard Fielding and Andrew Wright, and were soon joined by Tom Ellard. This later changed to Garry Bradbury, Paul Deering, and Tom Ellard; Ellard has been the only one to remain throughout the group's career, with changing lineups throughout its two and a half decades of existence, later working mainly with Stephen Jones. Robert Racic was an integral part of the band during the late eighties/early nineties.
Severed Heads performed a final concert in Sydney in January 2010. Tom Ellard uploaded a farewell video of Sevs in Space to Youtube, which may be considered as a requiem of sorts.
In early 2008, Ellard added the following text to the bottom of the official site's front page, "Severed Heads do not have a MySpace page. It is a fake. The band is dead,". (www.sevcom.com).
Dead Eyes Opened
Severed Heads Lyrics
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When Mahon doing his grisly work at the bungalow,
Was dealing with the most grisly job of all,
The head, the woman's head.
He had severed it from the trunk,
Built a huge fire in the sitting room, placed her head upon it,
Then, then the storm broke
As the head of Emily Kaye lay upon the coals,
The dead eyes opened, and Mahon fled out to the deserted shore.
When he nerved himself to return,
The fire had done its work.
The head was never found...
The lyrics of the song "Dead Eyes Opened" by Severed Heads speak of a grisly murder that took place during a thunderstorm. The lyrics paint a graphic picture of how the murderer, named Mahon, severed the head of a woman named Emily Kaye and placed it on a fire in the sitting room of a bungalow. As Mahon was dealing with the most gruesome part of his crime, the storm broke with a violent flash of lightning and a deafening crash of thunder.
The most chilling part of the lyrics comes next, as the head of Emily Kaye lay on the coals, her dead eyes opened. The sight of the eyes opening was too much for Mahon to bear, and he fled out to the deserted shore. When he returned, the fire had done its work, and the head was never found.
The song paints a disturbing image of a grisly murder and the horror that comes with it. The sudden change in the weather and the opening of the dead eyes create an eerie atmosphere that stays with the listener long after the song has ended.
Line by Line Meaning
By strange coincidence, a thunderstorm had been brewing,
It was a fortunate coincidence for Mahon, for there was a brewing thunderstorm at the time he was working on his grisly job at the bungalow.
When Mahon doing his grisly work at the bungalow,
Mahon was performing his heinous job at the bungalow.
Was dealing with the most grisly job of all,
Mahon was working on the most gruesome task he had ever dealt with.
The head, the woman's head.
Mahon was working on the woman's decapitated head.
He had severed it from the trunk,
Mahon had cut off the head of the woman from her body.
Built a huge fire in the sitting room, placed her head upon it,
Mahon had created a massive fire in the sitting room and put the head of the woman upon it.
Then, then the storm broke
It was when the storm started showing its wrath.
With a violent flash of lightning and an appalling crash of thunder.
The storm was characterised by sudden bright flashes of lightning and deafening crashes of thunder.
As the head of Emily Kaye lay upon the coals,
While Emily Kaye's head was lying on the burning coals,
The dead eyes opened, and Mahon fled out to the deserted shore.
Emily's eyes miraculously opened, and Mahon was scared and he hurriedly escaped to the isolated shore in fear.
When he nerved himself to return,
After taking some time to build up his courage,
The fire had done its work.
The fire had consumed all the evidence, and nothing remained of the work that Mahon had done.
The head was never found...
The woman's head was never discovered, and Mahon had succeeded in removing all evidence of his heinous work.
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Written by: TOM ELLARD
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