Your Eyes

— Detective Detective

"**Your Eyes**" is the tenth episode in the series *Criminal Idol* by Static-P of Black Static and Swerve after "Bad News". It was first announced on August 3, 2019 where it was stated that Static-P has already finished the song.

## Production

rainy did the illustration while Static-P did the animation. Between August 9 and August 17, 2019, rainy uploaded five sneak peeks for the episode on the Static-P Discord server.

## Release

The song was later released on August 6, 2019 for patrons on Patreon and backers of the Kickstarter campaign for *Criminal Idol*. On August 22, 2019, Static-P uploaded a teaser of the video of the song with a reminder that the Kickstarter campaign would end in 8 hours. It was uploaded and published on YouTube on August 23, 2019

## Story

The song directly follows the previous episode, "Bad News" and is sung from Detective Detective's perspective as he examines the clues of the bombing in the form of photographs (some from Aka Sensei) and news articles. He suspects that Hareka has not been telling the whole story and is hiding something from him.

The clues also provide more in-depth information regarding the background of some characters and the bombing itself. Some of them include:

* Kanesaki Hyudou and Nori has known each other before the event of the bombing
* Hareka's parents are among the charity staff for the idol competition
* Morime, Furuto, and Kariko, (new members replacing the old Meteor members after the bombing) are present during one of the Star Blush Girls performances at a charity concert
* One of Morime's parents is also a charity staff member
* Meteor is a school idol group from Aomori High School
* The bombing takes place at 5:30 PM while Morime, Furuto, Kariko, and members of Star Blush Girls are outside the building.

## Lyrics

You'd like to take a little moment of time

apologize for the mistakes that you've done.

(and I know what you've done)

I see you contemplatin' what's in your mind

but in the end all ya do is run.

(Run. Run. Run. Run. Run.)

(Somebody catch me!)

There's a lie behind your smile,

Your eyes betray you…

It's been haunting you for a while,

been haunting you for a while.

You got dem blues.

Darlin', I know you do

'cause you been hidin' your eyes

like they don't want me to know they're ashamed of—

You got dem blues.

Darlin', I know you do

'cause baby you been hidin' your eyes.

I know you're keeping silent

but I pray you change your mind.

(Yeah, I'll be here when your eyes meet mine.)

You'd like to take a little moment of time

to speak your mind

but you don't think its quite alright.

You want to fight, have a life,

and yet you go to be alone

and deal with this all on your own.

(Lone. Lone. Lone. Lone. Alone!)

So you're running from home

to protect those close from sorrow.

It's been haunting you for a while,

been haunting you for a while.

Oh! Oh! Wa-o-oh!

You got dem blues.

Darlin', I know you do

'cause you been hidin' your eyes

like they don't want me to know they're ashamed of-

You got dem blues.

Darlin', I know you do

'cause baby you been hidin' your eyes.

I know you're keeping silent

but I pray you change your mind.

(I'll be here when your eyes meet mine!)

You're afraid. You feel alone.

Are you guilty? Are you wrong?

A lot of thoughts running through your mind.

Clock is ticking and you're buying your time.

Frantically panicking, handling

this problem that you are livin' with.

You wish it didn't exist and

I wish it didn't exist 'cause

It's been haunting you for a while.

It's been haunting you for a while.

You seem to know much more than you told.

Your body language contradicts what you're saying.

Hey, it's alright. We're here

so just smile. Why don't you stay

for a while.

Don't be afraid. Turn back the dial.

You got dem blues.

Darlin', I know you do

'cause you been hidin' your eyes

like they don't want me to know they're ashamed of-

You got dem blues.

Darlin', I know you do

'cause baby you been hidin' your eyes.

I know you're keeping silent

but I pray you change your mind.

'cause I know you want to hide

in a place where fear can't find you.

You seem to know much more than you told me,

but I'll be here to speak the words that will console,

when you are afraid. Yeah.

Tired hearts and minds are lonely,

Deep inside your conscience takes a toll on you

but I'll be here when your heart confronts the pain.

## Trivia

* At 2:13, Morime can be seen slightly moving up and down in the picture. Static-P states that it is his favorite part visually. He thinks that it is "cute" and turns out "way more adorable than [he] was expecting when [he] made the edit."

## References

1. ↑ Static-P (September 24, 2019) Re: "Your Eyes". Retrieved from [1]
2. ↑ Static-P (November 21, 2019) Re: "Your Eyes". Retrieved from [2]