What's In The Eye?

Template:Infobox song "What's In The Eye?" is the first track on the album Wake Me and second track on the album ...No Sun Today.

Background

"What's In The Eye?" is one of Grey Daze's earliest songs. The guitar parts were written by the band's first guitarrist, Steve Mitchell, before they even had a vocalist.

About his time on the band, Steve said: "I wrote the guitar part for "What's in the Eye" and a few other songs at the time, and some experimental rock opera stuff with Chester and Jonathan."

According to Sean Dowdell, the parts Steve contributed to the song were eventually changed.

In a 2003 chat with LPAssociation, Sean also spoke a little about the song: "What's in the eye was writte lyrically by myself except for the chorusus. Chester wrote the chorus."

The song was recorded in 1994 by Chester Bennington, Jason Barnes, Jonathan Krause and Sean Dowdell with production by David Knauer for Wake Me and between 1996 and 1997 by Chester Bennington, Bobby Benish, Mace Beyers and Sean Dowdell with production by Michael Jones for ...No Sun Today.

Versions

Note: Only the date of the very first release of each version is listed.

Title	Album	Length	Recorded	Released	Notes
What's In The Eye?	Wake Me	4:26	1994	1994
What's In The Eye	...No Sun Today	3:50	1996-1997	May 23, 1997
What's In The Eye	...No Sun Today	3:53	2002		Re-mixed by Sean Dowdell. Released on LPAssociation for free download in M4A format on July 2, 2007.
What's In The Eye?	"Wake Me" Pre-Production Live Session	4:31	October 06, 1994		Recorded live at David Knauer's studio. Contains glitches. Released on LPLive for free download on October 31, 2015.
What's In The Eye?	Album Pre-Production Live Session		February 18, 1996		Unreleased. Recorded live at David Knauer's studio.
What's In The Eye?	"No Sun Today" Pre-Production Live Session		December 03, 1996		Unreleased. Recorded live at the Conservatory of Recording Arts & Sciences.

Live

"What's In The Eye?" debuted at the band's very first live performance, which happened on January 22, 1994 at the Thunder & Lightning Bar & Grill in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Personnel

Lyrics

What's in the eye?
Can you tell me?
Watching the time pass me by
There's so much locked up inside

Don't go too fast, my friend
Or you'll lose control
Don't go too fast, my friend
Or you'll lose control

What's in the eye?
That I cannot catch?
Is it me, I want to know
Why it's so hard to let go

Don't go too fast, my friend
Or you'll lose control
Don't go too fast, my friend
Or you'll lose control

Ohh...

Don't go too fast, my friend
Or you'll lose control
Don't go too fast, my friend
Or you'll lose control, oh, woah, oh

Don't go / Don't you go / Don't you go
No, no / Don't go / Don't you go / Don't you go
No, no / No / No, woah, oh

Ohh...

What's in the eye?

Hey, hey, yeah, hey, yeah
Hey, hey, hey, hey, yeah
Hey, hey, hey, hey, yeah, hey, yeah
Yeah, hey, yeah
Hey, hey, hey, hey
WHY?

What's in the eye, can you tell me?
Watching the time pass me by
There's so much locked up inside

Don't go too fast my friend
Or you'll lose control
Don't go too fast my friend
Or you'll lose control

What's in the eye, that I cannot catch?
Is it me, I wan't to know
Why it's so hard to let go

Don't go too fast my friend
Or you'll lose control
Don't go too fast, my friend
Or you'll lose control

Ohh...

Don't go too fast, my friend
Or you'll lose control
Don't go too fast, my friend
Or you'll lose control, oh, woah, oh

Don't go / Don't you go / Don't you go
No, no / Don't go / Don't you go / Don't you go
No, no / No / No, woah, oh

Ohh...

What's in the eye?
What's in the eye?
Yeah, yeah...
Why?

Hey, hey, yeah, hey, yeah
Hey, hey, hey, hey, yeah
Hey, hey, hey, hey, yeah, hey, yeah
Yeah, hey, yeah
Hey, hey, hey, hey
WHY?

Gallery

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  Wake Me

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  ...No Sun Today

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  Wake Me pre-production DAT tape

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  Real Records album pre-production DAT tape

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  ...No Sun Today pre-production DAT tape

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  Handwritten lyrics by Chester Bennington