‘Frightened Eyes’ is a song written by Kate Bush. It was recorded as a demo, presumably in 1976. The song has never been released officially, but it did end up on various bootlegs.
The demo appears on the bootleg 7″ single Cathy Demos Volume Four and various bootleg CD’s.
Lyrics
Just travelling on a bus to a friend’s house,
And all these people aren’t looking at me
They’re staring out windows,
at any English country gardens
And when gazes meet,
Vacancy shows on screens
But I see inside their latent hysteria:
Why is she looking at me?
And as I drift from one to one I can see
They’re all like me
They’ve all got frightened eyes
Saying what they’re thinking,
What they are doing tonight
They’ve all got frightened eyes,
Saying, “Leave me alone,
I’m perfectly safe here inside
Please don’t surprise me.”
Expressionless
Everyone here loves cheap wine–
We all know good taste,
But we’re just too busy trying to find
The right games to play
Impatient, aren’t we all?
Watching the time drip by
And all these people are looking at me
They’re gazing out windows
They’re burning up in there
And as I drift from one to one I can see
They’re all like me
They’ve all got frightened eyes
Saying what they’re thinking,
What they are doing tonight
They’ve all got frightened eyes,
Saying, “Leave me alone,
I’m perfectly safe here inside
Please don’t surprise me.”