Twelve Eyes Of Evil

Album: Cold Water Songs (2003)
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  • There are times when a songwriter writes a song that has no meaning. There are also those who will interpret the songs as pandering to their specific unique emotional condition. This song encompasses both scenarios, and writer Steve Adams embraces it: "It's a nice song, but it's not about anything at all. My friend and I used to joke about creatures with beaks instead of eyes when we were younger, and they made it in there. And he always used to mock me for the line, 'That stuff's been dealt with,' as being something like one of those power ballad singers where you'd have hands on your head phones, and you could hear (in heavy-metal voice) 'That stuff's been dealt with!' like a shaving commercial or something. We only play that song now when we're nervous and we think people aren't going to like us," he laughs. (Read the full interview with Steve Adams)

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