This Week's "Song That's Stuck In My Head"

The song that I've been humming to myself all of this week is Cage The Elephant's Right Before My Eyes. The song is off their 2011 released album, Thank You Happy Birthday. Their sophomore album is just as creative and genius as their first, which included the ever popular Aint No Rest For The Wicked.

 I had downloaded much of the new album from iTunes, but had somehow missed this song. I was randomly pursuing YouTube, as I often do, and came across an acoustic version of Right Before My Eyes, along with a video montage of Edie Sedgwick. (http://youtu.be/3aTWvJL54DY) It was so hauntingly beautiful, and I instantly fell in love with the song. Since then, the song has been stuck in my head!

Me with Matt Schultz from Cage the Elephant

When their last album was out, they played a free show at Grimey's and Grant and I went. I had the privilege of meeting them and I got to take this picture with Matt Schultz. After posting on Facebook  that I went to the show, I found out that we have a mutual friend. One of my high school friends from back home used to be Schultz's manager at the restaurant where they both worked...small world.  

Speaking of small world...This band hails from my home state, good ole Kentucky, and I couldn't be more proud as a fellow Kentuckian. It is so nice to see that when you work hard, and maybe play hard too, you can succeed, no matter where you come from.

So I hope you enjoy Right Before My Eyes. And I hope it gets stuck in your head too!


Right Before My Eyes by Cage the Elephant

Timber shakes these trails they all derail
Phony, false and frail
An empty ocean lost our way with no direction home
Golden needles names we take in vein
Find it harder to remain
And nothings sacred still waiting on that explanation

Right before my eyes
I saw the whole world lose control
The whole world lost control
Before my eyes uh-huh
I fell through the floor
I couldn't take it anymore
I can't take this anymore
It breaks my mind uh-huh

Hold your dirty hand over the flames
Getting pleasure from the pain
Softly screaming the pistol that you raise has spoken
Golden needles names we take in vein
Find it harder to remain
Well nothings sacred still waiting on that explanation

Right before my eyes
I saw the whole world lose control
The whole world lost control
Before my eyes uh-huh
I fell through the floor
I couldn't take it anymore
I can't take this anymore
It breaks my mind uh-huh

Everything I thought I knew fell to the side
Time went on and on I couldn't see past my own eyes
Past my eyes
Past my eyes
Past my eyes

Right before my eyes
I saw the whole world lose control
The whole world lost control
Before my eyes uh-huh
I fell through the floor
I couldn't take it anymore
I can't take this anymore
It breaks my mind uh-huh