The Flying Eyes are a heavy, psychedelic rock band hailing from Baltimore, … Read Full Bio ↴The Flying Eyes are a heavy, psychedelic rock band hailing from Baltimore, USA. Since forming in 2007, they have opened for artists like The Black Keys (SXSW 2009), The Black Angels, Dead Meadow etc.

The band's vocalist, Will Kelly is hauntingly reminiscent of Jim Morrison with his gravelly, boozy vocals and so is the sexual undertone of most of their songs, and occasionally, ends up sounding like Glenn Danzig on the dead end of the night. Searing riffs evoke the late 60s acid-head era and exits in a superb, fuzzed and reverb-heavy sonic atmosphere.

The Flying Eyes also produce a grass-roots music festival called "Farm Fest" in Manchester, Maryland. In November 2009, The Flying Eyes released a compilation of their two EPs, "Bad Blood" and "Winter" under World in Sound Records. In the summer of 2010 they supported the album with a six week European tour, notably sharing the main stage of the Burg Herzberg Festival in Germany with legends Hawkwind and Jeff Beck.

Bad Blood
The Flying Eyes Lyrics

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Please suck my blood
Suck my blood clean
Please purge the venom
Living inside me, inside of me

Cuz I'm feeling sick
I'm feeling so crazy
Since she crawled away

I've been starving now
Starving now

Please wake me up
Cuz I'm tired of sleep
But some of these days
I'd rather sit and dream

Cuz I'm feeling strange
I'm feeling so crazy
Since she crawled away

I've been starving now
Starving now

Overall Meaning

The Flying Eyes's song Bad Blood is a haunting plea for help from someone who is feeling sick and crazy, with a venom inside them that needs to be purged. The singer is feeling strange, and is desperate for someone to suck their blood clean and wake them up from their tiresome sleep. The venom inside of them is preventing them from feeling normal and their only escape is being awake, but they can't seem to manage that either.

The repetition of "feeling so crazy" and "starving now" emphasizes the desperation of the singer, who can't seem to shake off the feelings that have come over them since the person they cared for crawled away. The metaphor of blood sucking can be seen as a way to cleanse oneself of the venom of the past relationship, as if the singer believes that if they can fully purge the venom, they might be able to move on.

The lyrics are backed by a slow, brooding melody that heightens the sense of melancholy and despair. The song speaks to the universal feelings of heartbreak and longing that everyone experiences at some point in their lives.

Line by Line Meaning

Please suck my blood
I want you to take away all the toxic and negative things inside me

Suck my blood clean
Cleanse me from all the bad energy and emotions that are inside me

Please purge the venom
Get rid of all the poison that's been infecting me - emotionally and mentally

Living inside me, inside of me
I can feel the negativity deep inside me, and it's affecting me from within

Cuz I'm feeling sick
I feel unwell and unhappy because of all the negative emotions inside me

I'm feeling so crazy
I can't seem to think or act rationally because of what I'm going through

Since she crawled away
Ever since she left, I've felt incomplete and unhappy

I've been starving now
I'm craving for something positive and fulfilling to come into my life

Please wake me up
I want a wake-up call to help me snap out of my negative state of mind

Cuz I'm tired of sleep
I'm tired of being in this state of numbness and inaction

But some of these days
Sometimes, it's easier to escape reality and just dream