20 Eyes (Misfits Cover)

"Twenty Eyes"
Song by Dead By Sunrise from the album Demos
Working title	20OO
Format	CD
Length	2:05
Live debut	October 1, 2009
Last played	February 28, 2010
Writer	Glenn Danzig
Label	Warner Bros. Records
Demos track listing Walking In Circles Fadeaway Fire Morning After My Suffering Let Down Twenty Eyes Give Me Your Name Morning After Remix

"20 Eyes" is a song originally performed by horror punk progenitors Misfits. It was written and composed by Glenn Danzig and released on Misfits' 1982 debut album Walk Among Us.

Background

"20 Eyes" was covered live by Bucket Of Weenies, a band both Chester Bennington and Ryan Shuck were part of, from 2005 to 2006. During the sessions of Dead By Sunrise's first and only album, Out Of Ashes, a version of "20 Eyes" was recorded in studio and was intended to be a bonus track on the album in Japan or some parts of Europe along with "Morning After".

About the cover, Chester said, "I actually started playing that song when I was in a cover band called Bucket of Weenies for a little while. I play it with Bucket of Weenies and Camp Freddy sometimes, it's just fun to go play with a bunch of guys and play cover songs. So we started playing '20 Eyes,' we recorded it and we really liked it. There's nothing we'll ever be able to do with it, so we thought that this was kind of good way of letting people have it."

When questioned about the song after the release of the album, Elias Andra said, "We also did record a cover of “20 Eyes.” Where, when, and how it will be released is yet to be determined! Although I think a bootleg live recording would probably be a better release. It’s more punk rock when it’s live!!"

Although the song was never released, it was regularly played live by Dead By Sunrise with altered lyrics.

Other artists who covered the song includes Sparrow Falls, Anarchy Club, Shades Apart, and Kopfschmerzen.

Versions

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

Title	Album	Length	Recorded	Released	Notes
Twenty Eyes	Demos	2:05			Misfits cover. Released on LPLive for free download on March 20, 2018.

Live

"20 Eyes" was performed by Dead By Sunrise starting on the Out Of Ashes Promotional Tour in late 2009. It served as the band's closing song for nearly every show since it's debut, barring the most recent show: the acoustic set at 2011's 'Stars Of The Season' Gala.

Lyrics

Cover Version

20 eyes in my head 20 eyes in my head 20 eyes in my head They're all the same, they're all the same When you're seeing 20 things at a time You just can't slow things down, baby When you're seeing 20 things in your mind You just can't slow things down And all those eyes Said they're crowding up your human face I said all those eyes Take an overload 20 eyes in my head 20 eyes in my head 20 eyes in my head They're all the same, they're all the same When you're seeing 20 things at a time You just can't slow things down, baby When you're seeing 20 things in your mind You just can't slow things down And all those eyes Said you feel motherfucking 20 things at a time I said all those eyes Said whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa 20 eyes in my head 20 eyes in my head 20 eyes in my head They're all the same When you're seeing 20 things at a time You just can't slow things down, baby When you're seeing 20 things in your mind You just can't slow things down And all my eyes Said they're crowding up my human face I said all my eyes Take an overload Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa