Lagu tersebut dimuat dalam album studio kedua miliknya yang bertajuk Solitude Standing.
Album yang berisikan 12 trek tersebut dirilis secara resmi pada 1 April 1987 melalui label A&M Records.
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “In the Eye” dari Suzanne Vega.
[Intro]
Gm7 C/E Csus4 Fsus2 Gm Gm7 C/E Csus4 Fsus2 Gm
[Verse 1]
Gm7 C/E Csus4 Fsus2
If you were to kill me now right here
Gm Gm7 C/E Csus4 Fsus2
I would still look you in the eye
Gm Gm7 C/E Csus4 Fsus2
And I would burn myself into your memory
Gm Gm7 C/E Csus4 Fsus2 Gm
As long as you were still alive
[Chorus]
Bb2
I would not run
Ab2
I would not turn
Bb2 Ab2 Bb2 Ab2 Bb2 Ab2
I would not hide
Bb2
I would not run
Ab2
I would not turn
Bb2 C C7sus4
I would not hide
[Verse 2]
Gm7 C/E Csus4 Fsus2
I would live inside of you
Gm Gm7 C/E Csus4 Fsus2
I'd make you wear me like a scar
Gm Gm7 C/E Csus4
And I would burn myself
Fsus2
Into your memory
Gm Gm7 C/E Csus4 Fsus2 Gm Ab2
And run through everything you are
[Chorus]
Bb2
I would not run
Ab2
I would not turn
Bb2 Ab2 Bb2 Ab2 Bb2 Ab2
I would not hide
Bb2
I would not run
Ab2
I would not turn
Bb2 C2/E C/E Cm/Eb C2/Eb Gm11 Gm7 Eb-5 Eb
I would not hide
C2/E C/E Cm/Eb C2/Eb Gm11 Gm7 Eb-5 Eb
In the eye
[Verse 3]
Gm7 C/E Csus4 Fsus2
I would live inside of you
Gm Gm7 C/E Csus4 Fsus2
I'd make you wear me like a scar
Gm Gm7 C/E Csus4
And I would burn myself
Fsus2
Into your memory
Gm Gm7 C/E Csus4 Fsus2 Gm Ab2
And run through everything you are
[Verse 4]
Gm7 C/E Csus4 Fsus2
If you were to kill me now right here
Gm Gm7 C/E Csus4 Fsus2 Gm Gm7
I would still look you in the eye
C/E Csus4
And I would burn myself
Fsus2
Into your memory
Gm Gm7 C/E Csus4 Fsus2 Gm Asus2
As long as you were still alive
[Ulangi Chorus]
[Outro]
C2/E C/E Cm/Eb Gm11 Eb-5
In the eye
Eb
Look me in the eye
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