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Artist: Portishead
Track: Western Eyes

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Forgotten throes of another's life
The heart of love is their only light
Faithless greeds, consolidating
Holding down sweet charity

With western eyes and serpents breath
We lay our own conscience to rest
But I'm aching at the view
Yes, I'm breaking at the scenes, just like you

They have values of a certain taste
The innocent, they can hardly wait
To crucify, invalidating
Turning to dishonesty

With western eyes and serpents breath
They lay their own conscience to rest
But then they lie and then they dare to be
Hidden heroes candidly
So I'm aching at the view
Yes, I'm breaking at the scenes just like you

(I feel so cold on hookers and gin)
(This mess we're in)
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lordsummerisle discusses the meanings of Western Eyes lyrics: 'With western eyes and serpent's breath' describes a mismatch between what the eyes say and what the mouth speaks, 'serpent's breath' seems to me to mean speaking with a forked tongue, i.e. deceptively. The song is full of contradictions, for example: we lay our conscience to rest, and then 'they' do, perhaps describing a battle where our opponents fall to the same sins we do. There is also 'the heart of love is their only light' to 'faithless and holding down charity', the innocent who can't wait to crucify, and heroes who are both hidden and candid. So 3 themes running through the song are: 1) Deception; 2) Things that possess two contradictory characteristics (hidden heroes / candid heroes, heart of love and light / faithless, holding down charity, and arguably western eyes / serpent's breath); 3) Good people turning bad (innocent turning to crucifying, dishonesty). Interestingly, if we take the line 'western eyes and serpent's breath' to
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