[Silence]
[Instrumental, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Drums, Piano, Organ, Synth]
[Intro]
[Instrumental Intro: Sharp Guitar Riff, Punchy Bass, Tight Drums, Sudden Synth Hits]
[Spoken Vocal]
Didn’t see it coming…
Didn’t have time to think…
(There goes the slack…)
Whack!
(Surprise!)
Right between the eyes.
[Refrain]
Whack!
(Right between the eyes)
Surprise…
(Can’t take it back)
[Verse 1]
Saw it coming? Not a chance
Caught me in a sideways glance
One second everything was fine
Next second crossed a line
No warning and no disguise
Truth can hit between the eyes
Sometimes what you don’t expect
Is exactly what you get
[Pre-Chorus]
Look!
(Look out!)
Wait!
(Too late!)
Hit!
(Right there!)
Truth!
(Everywhere!)
[Chorus]
Whack!
(Right between the eyes)
Surprise!
(Can’t take it back)
Wake up!
(Realize)
Open up!
(Recognize)
[Refrain]
Whack!
(Right between the eyes)
Surprise…
(Can’t take it back)
(There goes the slack…)
Whack!
(Surprise!)
Right between the eyes.
Right between
(The eyes)
No place to hide
(No alibis)
[Verse 2]
Maybe it was there all along
Hidden underneath the song
Maybe we just looked away
Hoping it would change someday
Then reality arrives
Cuts right through the alibis
No rewind and no reset
Once you know, you can’t forget
[Instrumental]
[Electric Guitar Solo: Aggressive Blues-Rock Lead, Staccato Guitar Chops, Driving Bass, Hard-Hitting Drums]
[Bridge]
Surprise!
(Surprise!)
Whack!
(There it is!)
Right!
(Between!)
The!
(Eyes!)
Can’t take it back
(No!)
Can’t turn away
(No!)
Once you see it
(You know)
Once you know it
(It’ll show)
[Breakdown]
[Drums Drop Out: Deep Bass, Distorted Guitar Harmonics, Pulsing Synth]
Look…
Look closely…
Sometimes the hardest thing to see…
Is what’s right in front of you… and me.
[Refrain]
Whack!
(Right between the eyes)
Surprise…
(Can’t take it back)
(There goes the slack…)
Whack!
(Surprise!)
Right between the eyes.
Right between
(The eyes)
No place to hide
(No alibis)
[Outro]
[Instrumental Outro: Repeating Guitar Riff, Punchy Bass, Drums, Glitching Synth, Sudden Stop]
Whack!
Right between…
The eyes.
[Spoken]
Surprise.
Can’t take it back.
From the album “Rush“