You Wear Those Eyes
Panorama – Cars 1980
“You wear those eyes / That never blink”
Eyes that never blink suggest unflinching self-possession. This person sees without flinching, without apology. There’s confidence here, maybe even danger—someone who doesn’t look away..
“You always were / The missing link”
The narrator positions this person as the answer to a long, unnamed absence. Not just attraction, but completion—something evolutionary, inevitable. Nothing else, at least nothing known can finish the puzzle of you. So it’s an unfinished existence—knowing the last few pieces are on the table, but the rules say you can’t finish, not yet.
“You painted your mouth / You let me know”
Lipstick as signal. Deliberate presentation. This is communication through appearance (performance?), not words—seduction that knows it’s being read. Or as a writer, one could argue the ‘painting’ is the prose and performance. Implied versus overt, but clear to the right perceiver.
“You really are / The only show”
Total focus. The rest of the world fades. This isn’t casual desire; it’s singular attention, almost worshipful.
“Just take your time / It’s not too late”
Reassurance. Patience. The speaker isn’t rushing the moment—they’re holding space for choice. The implication is that a thing worth doing is worth not rushing.
“I’ll be your mirror / You won’t hesitate”
This is key. To be a mirror is to reflect someone back to themselves. The promise is: I’ll help you see yourself clearly enough to act, to be whole. This is the power of good communication and presence.
“I’m easy to be found / Whenever you come down”
Availability without pressure. The speaker isn’t chasing—they’re present, grounded, a place to land after the high.
“You got that walk / You do the stroll”
Physical confidence again. Movement as identity. This person owns their body and the space around it. More performance as message, as identity.
“You make me lose / My ground control”
A Bowie reference, yes—but emotionally it’s about losing composure, gravity slipping. Attraction as destabilization. There is no linger up or down, just awareness and an uncertainty how to find earth.
“You got that look / I can’t resist”
Pure pull. No justification needed. Instinctive, electric, powerful.
“Like something missing / Never kissed”
Longing without history. A sense of pre-existing intimacy that hasn’t yet happened—the ache of the almost. Unremembered and/or unhappened.
(Refrain repetition)
The repeated lines don’t add new meaning—they deepen insistence. The song circles its core rather than advancing a plot, which mirrors desire itself.
“You do the pogo / Without the bounce”
Punk imagery stripped of chaos. Movement without release. Energy held in check—restraint instead of explosion. This is the real challenge: power and energy that doesn’t have release can be damaging. Containment is vital. This series of lyrics describes someone who likes the idea of falling in love but keeps and emotional distance. Not full committed.
“You got the name / I can’t pronounce”
Exoticism, distance, mystery. This person isn’t fully knowable or seeable. They remain slightly out of reach.
“You fall in love / You like the sting”
Love as pain, or at least as sensation. This person doesn’t avoid hurt—they court it. Following the series, the writer implies that the object of affection holds back, liking the sting, but not wanting to expose themselves to the devastating effect of going all in.
“You make believe / It’s everything”
A gentle critique. Romantic intensity may be real, but also performed, elevated, mythologized. What else can a conscientious romantic do? Maintain the veil of the unreal.
Final repetitions:
“Just take your time / It’s not too late”
By the end, these lines function like a mantra. Time stretches. The song isn’t asking for action—it’s suspending the moment, keeping possibility alive.
Overall read
A song not about conquest or consummation, but: recognition, patience, and reflective desire—wanting someone not to be taken, but to arrive when they’re ready.
I wear these eyes. They are eyes of love, acceptance and celebration.
Panorama
Cars
Panorama
I'm gonna get what's coming to me
No surprises, no impressions
Hey, what's a wrong with you tonight
Just sittin' on your can can
Doin' the panoram
With nothin' to contemplate
With nothin' to search for
With nothin' to integrate
With nothin' to do
'Cept think about you
Well, there's nothin' to do
'Cept fall for blue
I just want to be in your panorama, yeah
I just want to be in your panorama
I'm gonna to take what's comin' to me
No entanglements, and no compromise
Hey get the picture, I'm on my knees
Lookin' at your hot shot
Turnin' down your offer
Well I'm rippin' it up
I'm lookin' away
I'm pullin' my flag up
'Cause I'm miles away
With nothin' to do
'Cept think about you, yeah
I just want to be in your panorama
Well, I just want to be in your panorama
I'm gonna to find my way out of here
No pushing the buttons, no deals with daddy-o
I'm gonna to get myself in trouble
Gonna take my chances
If I break your bubble
Well I'm rippin' it up
I'm lookin' away
I'm pullin' my flag up
'Cause I'm miles away
With nothin' to do
'Cept, think about you
I just want to be in your panorama
Said, I just want to be in your panorama
Well, I just want to be in, I just want to be in
I just want to, I just want to be in your panorama
Well, I just want to be in your panorama (panorama)
(Panorama)
Well, I just want to be in your panorama (panorama)
I just want to be in your panorama (panorama)
Panorama (panorama)
(Panorama)
(Panorama) Well, I just
(Panorama)
(Panorama)
(Panorama)
(Panorama)
(Panorama)
“Touch And Go”
All I need is what you've got
All I'll tell is what you're not
All you know is what you hear
I get this way when you come near
Then I know it's gone too far
Oh, oh, I touched your star
And it felt so right
Just like the hush of midnight
Then you said
With me it's touch and go, oh oh oh
Touch and go, oh oh oh
All I need is you tonight
I'm flying like a cement kite, yeah
In your headlock on the floor
Who could ever ask for more
And I know it's gone too far
Oh, oh, I touch your star
And it felt so right
Just like the hush of midnight
Then you said
With me it's touch and go, oh oh oh
Touch and go, oh oh oh
All I want is you tonight
I guess that dress does fit you tight, yeah
You know that look does make me shake
It almost looks too good to fake
And I know it's gone too far
Oh, oh, I touch your star
And it felt so right
Just like the hush of midnight
Then you said
With me it's touch and go, oh oh oh
Touch and go, oh oh oh
Well it's touch and go, oh oh oh
Touch and go, oh oh oh
Well it's touch and go, oh oh oh
Touch and go, oh oh oh
Well it's touch and go, oh oh oh
Touch and go, oh oh oh
All I need is what you've got
“Gimme Some Slack”
I wanna shake like La Guardia
Magic mouth in the sun
Train ride to the courtyard
Before you can run
Down at the end of Lonely Street
Where no one takes a walk
Someone lyin' at your feet
And someone's gettin' off
Just gimme some slack, yeah
Just gimme some slack
Just gimme, slack
That's all I want is slack
The seven floors of walkup
The odor musted cracks
And the peeping keyhole introverts
With the monkeys on their backs
And the rooftops strung with fräuleins
The pastel pinned up sails
The eighteen color roses
Against your face so pale
A just gimme some slack, that's right
Uh gimme some slack
Gimme, slack, ooh yeah
All I want is slack
I wanna float like Euripides
All visions intact
I'm alright with Fellini fiends
A trippin' over the track
Down at the end of Lonely Street
Where no one takes a chance
Someone's in the cheap light
Someone wants to dance
Just gimme some slack, that's right
All I want is slack
Oh, gimme, slack
All I want is slack
Gimme, slack
Slack
Slack
Sssslack
Slack
(Give me the rhythm)
Slack
“Don't Tell Me No”
It's my party, you can come
It's my party, have some fun
It's my dream, have a laugh
It's my life, have a half
Don't tell me no
Don't tell me... no
Don't tell me no
Don't tell me... no
Don't tell me no
Don't tell me... no
I like it when you tell me so
It's my transition, it's my play
It's my phone call to betray
It's my hopscotch, light the torch
It's my downtime, feel the scorch
Don't tell me no
Don't tell me... no
(Don't tell me no)
Don't tell me no
Don't tell me... no
(Don't tell me no)
Don't tell me no
Don't tell me... no
I like it when you tell me no
It's my ambition, it's my joke
It's my teardrop, emotional smoke
It's my mercy, it's my plan
I want to go to futureland
Don't tell me no
Don't tell me... no
(Don't tell me no)
Don't tell me no
Don't tell me... no
(Don't tell me no)
Don't tell me no
Don't tell me... no
I like it when you tell me so
Don't tell me no
Don't tell me... no
(Don't tell me no)
Don't tell me no
Don't tell me... no
Don't tell me, I don't want to know
Don't tell me no
Don't tell me... no
(Don't tell me no)
Don't tell me no
Don't tell me... no
(Don't tell me no)
Don't tell me no
Don't tell me... no
[fade]
“You Wear Those Eyes”
You wear those eyes
That never blink
You always were
The missing link
You painted your mouth
You let me know
You really are
The only show
Just take your time
It's not too late
I'll be your mirror
You won't hesitate
I'm easy to be found
Whenever you come down
You got that walk
You do the stroll
You make me lose
My ground control
You got that look
I can't resist
Like something missing
Never kissed
Just take your time (just take your time)
It's not too late (it's not too late)
I'll be your mirror (just take your time)
So you won't hesitate
I'm easy to be found
Whenever you come down
You do the pogo
Without the bounce
You got the name
I can't pronounce
You fall in love (you fall in love)
You like the sting
You make believe (you make believe)
It's everything
Just take your time (just take your time)
It's not too late (it's not too late)
I'll be your mirror (just take your time)
So you won't hesitate
I'm easy to be found
Whenever you come down
Just take your time
It's not too late
Just take your time
It's not too late
Just take your time
It's not too late
Just take your time
It's not too late
Just take your time
It's not too late
Just take your time
It's not too late
Just take your time
It's not too late
Just take your time
It's not too late
“Getting Through”
I don't want to be your party doll
All flaked out in Tinsel Town
Circus mouth shooting all directions
With TV ads that sell erections
I got no clue what they want to do with you
It's just getting through, getting through to you
Living outside the misdemeanor
Some get lost and some are screamers
It's easy to tell the great pretender
Broken wings and flip top fenders
I got no clue what they want to do with you
It's just getting through, getting through to you
I don't want to be your suffering box
Argue art or untie your knots
I don't want to be your bad connection
Or fit into your reality vision
I got no clue what they want to do with you
It's just getting through, getting through to you
“Misfit Kid”
I dream frequently, sometimes they come out funny
I go through insanity, all they want is money
All these parties they get so habitual
The same sea of faces
Always pushin', always pullin'
Always in the races
I get cooled out
I get the come ons
I get rumbled
I get cru-u-umbled, yeah
I'm the American misfit kid
I'm still wonderin' what I did
I'm stiletto, so so sharp and I'm willin' to cut
Sometimes nebulous, well I'm ready to strut
Lost and frantic, new age romantic
I'm checkin' out the race
I never cared about what it meant
Always loved disgrace
I get rhythm
I get cornflakes
I get fast love
I get wasted, yeah
I'm the American misfit kid
Still wonderin' what I did
I'm on the inside, takin' a fast ride
(I'm on the inside, takin' a fast ride)
I dream frequently, sometimes they come out funny, ha
I live with absurdity, it's always warm and runny
And all these parties they get so ritual
Lonely hearts and aces
Always pushin', a-always pullin', always in the races
I get cooled out
I get the come ons
I get rumbled
I get cru-u-u-umbled, yeah
I'm the American misfit kid
I'm still wonderin' what I did
I'm on the inside, takin' a fast ride
I'm the American misfit kid
I'm still wonderin' what I did
I'm on the inside, takin' a fast ride
That's right
I get cooled out
I get the come ons
I get rumbled
I get cru-umbled
I get Cornflakes
Fast love, wasted
[fade]
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