Bag teksten gemmer der sig imidlertid en interessant, omstridt og for datiden aktuel historie. Ikke alene var Gary Gilmore, den første drabsmand, der blev henrettet i USA siden 1967, han insisterede også selv på at blive dømt til døden. Sagen sluttede ikke her. Gilmore havde nemlig anmodet om, at hans øjne blev brugt til transplantation efter hans død. Og det var netop hvad der skete. Få timer efter eksekutionen, fik en øjenpatient synet tilbage ved hjælp af Gilmore’s hornhinder. Men, hvad tænkte og gjorde modtageren, da han/hun vågende op med en henrettet morders øjne? Den tanke legede og hittede The Adverts med.
”I'm lying in a hospital,
I'm pinned against the bed.
A stethoscope upon my heart,
A hand against my head.
They're peeling off the bandages.
I'm wincing in the light.
The nurse is looking anxious,
And she's quivering in fright...
I'm looking through Gary Gilmore's eyes.
The doctors are avoiding me.
My vision is confused.
I listen to my earphones,
And I catch the evening news.
A murderer's been killed,
And he donates his sight to science.
I'm locked into a private ward.
I realise that I must be...
Looking through Gary Gilmore's eyes.
Looking through Gary Gilmore's eyes.
I smash the light in anger.
Push my bed against the door.
I close my lids across my eyes,
And wish to see no more.
The eye receives the messages,
And sends them to the brain.
No guarantee the stimuli must be perceived the same...
When looking through Gary Gilmore's eyes.
Gary don't need his eyes to see.
Gary and his eyes have parted company”
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