She told me not to step on the cracks
I told her not to fuss and relax
Pretty little face stopped me in my tracks
But now she sleeps with one eye open
That's the price she'll pay
I took a knife and cut out her eye
I took it home and watched it wither and die
Well, she's lucky that I didn't slip her a smile
That's why she sleeps with one eye open
That's the price she'll pay
I said, hey, girl with one eye
Get your filthy fingers out of my pie
I said, hey, girl with one eye
I'll cut your little heart out cause you made me cry [ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/f/florence_and_the_machine/girl_with_one_eye.html ]
I slipped my hand under her skirt
I said don't worry, it's not gonna hurt
Oh, my reputation's kinda clouded with dirt
That's why you sleep with one eye open
But that's the price you pay
I said, hey, girl with one eye
Get your filthy fingers out of my pie
I said, hey, girl with one eye
I'll cut your little heart out cause you made me cry
You made me cry
You made me cry
You made me cry
I said, hey, girl with one eye
Get your filthy fingers out of my pie
I said, girl with one eye
Get your filthy fingers out my pie
I said, hey, girl with one eye
Get your filthy fingers out of my pie
I said, hey, girl with one eye
I'll cut your little heart out cause you made me cry
A girl gets revenge on another girl who did something to make her seek the feelings to hurt her. When she says she will sleep with one i open it means that the girl will never forget what she did to her.
by Unregistered on May 30th 2012 5:25 am
This song maybe interpreted as a spiteful and wronged woman but this isn't the original. It was the ludes, and the singer was male so it wasn't intended that way. It's funny how just the gender of the singer can change a song. Read the lyrics again and think of it as a male. Its different. And kinda cool. :)
by Unregistered on May 23rd 2012 2:24 pm
The "pie" could be anything, the message is "don't mess wit me, or i'll hurt you big time"
by Unregistered on May 23rd 2012 8:10 am
I think the pie is a man... The girl who messed up with her man is the girl with the one eye... She got her little fingers in her man and now she is paying the price because she made her cry..
by Unregistered on May 22nd 2012 6:49 pm
What does:
Get your filthy fingers out of my "pie" mean?
by Unregistered on May 22nd 2012 6:45 pm
I see it as:
she is in pain because of another girl. She gets revenge by cutting out the girl's eye who now is traumatized when she sleeps.
by Unregistered on May 22nd 2012 2:43 pm
Uh its a cover
Regardless, it's still incredibly beautiful and powerful and it isnt about revenge or annything.
by Unregistered on May 19th 2012 5:00 pm
Revenge
its about getting even with someone who has hurt you so much
by Unregistered on May 11th 2012 10:23 am
Thought provoking indeed. It's dark, could mean a thousand different things. It's up to the individual. Now that i've read it was originally sung by a male band, it's totally deleted my previous thoughts on it. Could be about a sick mother son sexual relationship. 'she told me not to step on the cracks' - step on a crack = break your mother's back... Meddling fingers , pay back - fingers up the skirt and the withering dying eye. May be mummy went too far. Very sad and freaky.
by Unregistered on Apr 26th 2012 3:56 pm
This song wasnt written by florence, that's why the lyrics sound weird. It's a cover, originally sung by a man.