The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
Cease to resist, come on say you love me
Give up your world, come on and be with me
I'm your kind, I'm your kind, and I see
Come on come on, ooo I love you pretty girl
My life is yours, and you can have my world
I'm your kind, I'm your kind, and I see
Never had a lesson I ever learned
I know I could never learn not to love you
Come in now closer
Come in closer closer closer ahhhh
Submission is a gift given to another
Love and understanding is for one another
I'm your kind, I'm your kind, and I see
Never had a lesson I ever learned
I know I could never learn not to love you
Come in now closer
Come in closer come in closer ahhhh
Ahhh-ahhh-ahhh-ahhh-ahhhhhh
Ahhh-ahhh-ahhh-ahhh-ahhhhhh
Give up your world, come on and be with me
I'm your kind, I'm your kind, and I see
Come on come on, ooo I love you pretty girl
My life is yours, and you can have my world
I'm your kind, I'm your kind, and I see
Never had a lesson I ever learned
I know I could never learn not to love you
Come in now closer
Come in closer closer closer ahhhh
Submission is a gift given to another
Love and understanding is for one another
I'm your kind, I'm your kind, and I see
Never had a lesson I ever learned
I know I could never learn not to love you
Come in now closer
Come in closer come in closer ahhhh
Ahhh-ahhh-ahhh-ahhh-ahhhhhh
Ahhh-ahhh-ahhh-ahhh-ahhhhhh
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In the late 60's Dennis Wilson picked up a couple of female hitch-hikers and took them back to his house for sex, afterwards, he left them in the house and went off to the Beach Boys recording studio. Returning to his house around midnight he was met in the driveway by CM and after a brief discussion went inside to see the house full of charlies followers and decided the open relationships and drug use suited him so let them stay. They crashed his car, wrecked his house, basically took money from him (apparently he lost about $100k in a few months back in the 60's - that would be the equivelent to around $750k in todays currency) and Dennis paid to clear up all of the groups STDs (described as the "largest Gonorrhea bill in history"). Charlie wanted to be a musician and played some songs for Denny who in turn, put him in contact with Gregg Jakobson and Terry Melcher who took some interest but eventually decided that they wouldn't offer him any kind of contract. During that period Dennis was growing worried about Charlies increasingly erratic behaviour and left them in the house, knowing they'd run out of money and have to leave, which ultimately they did... eventually. Dennis stole one of Charlies songs and re-worked it and released it as the above song (creditted to him) and that really pissed Charlie off. From what I've heard, he was okay about Dennis using the song but was unhappy about not being creditted as a writer... and furious that he changed the words ("you can mess with anything by me but you don't mess with my words" - CM). As Dennis moved about and Charlie, still hopeful of a recording contract, found it harder to find him, he made some of his followers go to Terry Melchers House (now being rented by peadophile Roman Polanski) and "kill everyone inside". All the talk of Charlie being the most evil man in history is probably backed up by the fact he had people killed over a few lyrics. I believe Dennis later returned to his empty, smashed up house.