Song Details
- Album Release Date: 2012
- Genre: ska
Song Meaning of “Red Eyes” by Scrapy
Red Eyes is a song by the band Scrapy that examines the complex nature of heartbreak. The narrator of the song is bemoaning the failure of his relationship and the ultimately squandered future dreams he once had for himself and his partner. He laments the ways in which their love was fated from the start, as though it were written in the stars and was destined to collapse. His feelings of regret and longing are mixed with a sense of bitterness and anger as he realizes the finality of what has occurred between them. His red eyes symbolize his pained emotions and serve as a reminder of the relationship that he has lost. The song ultimately serves as an emotional release, an understanding that this failure was written in the stars and to allow himself to continue on his own journey.