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.
Something ugly this way comes
Through my fingers sliding inside
All these blessings all these burns
I'm godless underneath your cover
Search for pleasure search for pain
In this world now I am undying
I unfurl my flag my nation helpless
Black black heart why would you offer more
Why would you make it easier on me to satisfy
I'm on fire I'm rotting to the core
I'm eating all your kings and queens
All your sex and your diamonds
As I begin to lose my grip
On these realities your sending
Taste your mind and taste your sex
I'm naked underneath your cover
Covers lie and we will bend and borrow
With the coming sign
The tide will take the sea will rise and time will rape
Black black heart why would you offer more
Why would you make it easier on me to satisfy
I'm on fire I'm rotting to the core
I'm eating all your kings and queens
All your sex and your diamonds
Black black heart why would you offer more
Why would you make it easier on me to satisfy
I'm on fire I'm rotting to the core
I'm eating all your kings and queens
All your sex and your diamonds
All your sex and your diamonds
All your sex and your diamonds
All your sex and your diamonds
All your sex and your diamonds
Through my fingers sliding inside
All these blessings all these burns
I'm godless underneath your cover
Search for pleasure search for pain
In this world now I am undying
I unfurl my flag my nation helpless
Black black heart why would you offer more
Why would you make it easier on me to satisfy
I'm on fire I'm rotting to the core
I'm eating all your kings and queens
All your sex and your diamonds
As I begin to lose my grip
On these realities your sending
Taste your mind and taste your sex
I'm naked underneath your cover
Covers lie and we will bend and borrow
With the coming sign
The tide will take the sea will rise and time will rape
Black black heart why would you offer more
Why would you make it easier on me to satisfy
I'm on fire I'm rotting to the core
I'm eating all your kings and queens
All your sex and your diamonds
Black black heart why would you offer more
Why would you make it easier on me to satisfy
I'm on fire I'm rotting to the core
I'm eating all your kings and queens
All your sex and your diamonds
All your sex and your diamonds
All your sex and your diamonds
All your sex and your diamonds
All your sex and your diamonds
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He's playings tricks, he's macking sarcastic or however, about sex and diamonds, kings and queens, value systems turned upside down. 'Black bkaclack heart' and diamond.. wha is a compressed carbon into diamond? So he points fingers at greed, the happebstance the possibility, of atomic carbon compression and diamonds? ANd kindgs and queens hardly, so they don't get diamonds, or they shoukld? SO remember black black carbon, atomicly compresses into diamond, in a sex like fittinf chamber of massive impacting proportions, custom fit and angled to the desired outcome hometown.aol.com/jupiterlordjovei/ I would pay that dude or for his science if I was you first, W/$
Finally I found the opera lyrics to this song. I was always singing "ah lollipop, ah scaredy cat, lolly, lolly, lolly, lolly pop" I kew something sounded wrong, now I can sing it the right way
lollipop, scaredy cat, that's so funny, i laughed very hard when i read that
ok... haha. that's amusing. well, i thought it was kind of a sensual song when i first heard it. and seriously, he sounds like Darren Hayes. man, this guy really burns up the speakers with his lyrics.
hahaha! but i really like this song
Cool, the opera parts.
Fucking awesome song. Period.
AMAZING...
DAMMIT HE DOESNT SOUND LIKE DARREN HAYES!! really...he doesnt...
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