I saw her, yea I saw her
With her black tongue tied round the roses
A fist pounding on a vending machine
Toy diamond ring stuck on her finger
With a noose she can hang from the sun
And put it out with her dark sunglasses
Walking crooked down the beach
She spits on the sand
Where their bones are bleaching
And I know I'm gonna steal her life
She doesn't even know what's wrong
And I know I'm gonna make her die
Take her where her soul belongs
And I know I'm gonna steal her life
Nothing that I wouldn't try
Hey, my cyanide girl
Hey, my cyanide girl
My my cyanide girl
Hey, my cyanide girl
I saw her, yea I saw her
With her hands tied back
Rags a' burnin'
Calling out from a landfilled life
Scrawlin' her name upon the ceiling
Throw a coin in a fountain of dust
White noise, her ears are ringing
Got a ticket for my midnight hanging
Throw a bullet from a freight train leaving
And I know I'm gonna steal her life
She doesn't even know what's wrong
And I know I'm gonna make her die
Take her where her soul belongs
And I know I'm gonna steal her life
Nothing that I wouldn't try
Hey, my cyanide girl
Hey, my cyanide girl
My my cyanide girl
Hey, my cyanide girl
Hey, my cyanide girl
Hey, my cyanide girl
My my cyanide girl
Hey, my cyanide girl
Hey, my cyanide girl
Hey, my cyanide girl
My my cyanide girl
Hey, my cyanide girl
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..well, I guess since he's been talking about the sun, beach, sun glasses,..then it might only be logical to think the chorus is 'my sun-eyed girl'..you guys cant believe how much I love this song-been on repeat play on my phone for almost 30mins!..alternative rock's already becoming my best kind of rock(formerly punk) and the likes of the killers, angels and airwaves and beck are just making it sweeter!..
here's what i hear... | Reviewer: Anonymous | 7/17/09
Great song! Here's what I'm hearing and I'm pretty sure I hear an "f" and I know I'm gonna steal her LIFE" so I don't think it's "eye"...
oh and the other part has to be "sun-eyed girl" you can hear a "d" at the end
Could be... | Reviewer: Salvi | 2/1/09
I'm a spanish speaker and have always liked how Beck, having grown up in a predominantly Latino neighborhood, always throws in Spanish words. Often twisting them around so they make a comic sense in English. After listening to this song a gajillion times, because I love it, and trying to figure out what he says before "Girl" it suddenly dawned on me......(that's a drumroll)....Maizena Girl.
Yeah, people are saying "WTF does that mean, no he doesn't." Hear me out. Maizena (pronounced my-sena) is a kind of Spanish flour (cornflour in particular) so the lyric becomes my Flour Girl (Flower Girl). Beck does this kind of wordplay a lot in his songs so it seems very probable to me that this is the line. I've yet to find a lyric sheet that includes this line but I simply don't buy
"My Sun-eyed girl"
"my cyanide girl"
"my summer girl"
"my sonar girl"
try it
"Maizena Girl hey"
Not As They Seem | Reviewer: Will | 7/8/08
People all seem to have their own interpretations of this song. Whether its love or hate. But if you watch the video (with all the Madd fold ins) the theme seems to be "things are not as they seem." I love Beck. I believe he is a good person and a good artist, and regardless where all his ideas come from, his music is great.
What word really preceeds "girl"? | Reviewer: Anonymous | 6/29/08
I've heard many different interpretations(misinterpretations?) of the word/words, and I'd just like to lay them all out for your perusal. And I realize some people have mentioned some of them before.
"my cyanide girl"
"my summer girl"
"my sun-eyed girl"
"my sonar girl"
Feel free to post anymore you might know of.
uhm | Reviewer: Anastatia Beaverhousen | 5/23/08
I always thought the lyric was
"I know I'm gonna steal her LIFE."
I mean, even if I sing eye, I hear life...
and I find it funny that this song has a happy sound, while he's singing about killing someone, even if it is just metaphorical.
a few thoughts | Reviewer: Anonymous | 4/16/08
If it is, in fact, "sun-eyed girl" and she can hang a noose from the sun, wouldn't it be appropriate to assume that her stare is sharp... as if she could kill you with a glance? And that being as such, when she puts on her sun glasses she can put out that same intensity? That being said, I think the song is about the pursuit of a seemingly unattainable girl. She doesn't know what's coming- him.
I suppose one can indeed call this song art. On one hand, I love poetry, on the other I dislike ambiguity so it's a bit of a pain. What I am sure of is that this song isn't as positive as it sounds at first listen. The chorus on itself has a very hippy-in-the-grass feel, but I can't believe that "going to make her die" means taking her to heaven. That just isn't a way to say "you'll be fine", is it? On a side note, to anyone who thinks it's "cyanide girl" - please, just *listen* to it, either it's not or Beck elides the "a" which would be rather stupid.
sonar girl? | Reviewer: Andrew | 2/9/08
I'm not sure of the correct lyrics, but when I heard this on the radio, I thought he was singing "my sonar girl", and I thought "that's weird; the rest of it doesn't sound like a sci-fi song". Then I thought there must be some underhanded whale reference going on, because they echolocate.
geez | Reviewer: Serial Killer? Seriously?? | 1/31/08
he is not a freaking serial killer!!! Guys that hott are NOT killers, they just aren't. LOVE this song though. At first i thought it was summer girl but now i'm spinking sun-eyed girl...
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