With The Hunger Games opening March 23, the new Taylor Swift song Open Eyes gets a preview

Updated with full audio – The Hunger Games is sci-fi movie set in the future where teenagers fight to the death on television, sort of The Running Man without Arnold Schwarzenegger.

The song is a foray into our lack of privacy with words like “Everybody’s waiting / Everybody’s watching / Even when you’re sleeping, keep your eyes open.”

Undaunted by the movie’s subject, Taylor Swift was the highest earning musician in 2011. Good for her.

Eyes Open – leak of audio

“Taylor Swift Heads Top-Earning Musicians List: Country singer Taylor Swift finished at No. 1 on Billboard’s annual list of the top-earning musicians. According to the magazine, Swift earned $35, 719,902 in 2011. Billboard said much of her cash haul came from her “Speak Now” album tour, which grossed $88.5 million in the U.S. alone and netted Swift a “remarkable” $29.8 million. ” Wall Street Journal

Taylor Swift – The Civil Wars – Safe and Sound (The Hunger Games)

Taylor’s other song from the movie Safe and Sound was released in December.

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