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.
Some days are diamonds
Some days are rocks
Some doors are open
Some roads are blocked
Sundowns are golden
Then fade away
But if I never do nothing
I'm coming back some day
'Cause you got a heart so big
It could crush this town
And I can't hold out forever
Even walls fall down
All around your island
There's a barricade
It keeps out the danger
Holds in the pain
Sometimes you're happy
And sometimes you cry
Half of me is ocean
Half of me is sky
But you got a heart so big
It could crush this town
And I can't hold out forever
Even walls fall down
And some things are over
Some things go on
Part of me you carry
And part of me is gone
But you got a heart so big
It could crush this town
And I can't hold out forever
Even walls fall down
You got a heart so big
It could crush this town
And I can't hold out forever
Even walls fall down
Some days are rocks
Some doors are open
Some roads are blocked
Sundowns are golden
Then fade away
But if I never do nothing
I'm coming back some day
'Cause you got a heart so big
It could crush this town
And I can't hold out forever
Even walls fall down
All around your island
There's a barricade
It keeps out the danger
Holds in the pain
Sometimes you're happy
And sometimes you cry
Half of me is ocean
Half of me is sky
But you got a heart so big
It could crush this town
And I can't hold out forever
Even walls fall down
And some things are over
Some things go on
Part of me you carry
And part of me is gone
But you got a heart so big
It could crush this town
And I can't hold out forever
Even walls fall down
You got a heart so big
It could crush this town
And I can't hold out forever
Even walls fall down
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you nailed it.
Smashed,huh?
this is one of my all time favorite songs. tom petty says so much with so little.
Just as a bit of trivia, Johnny Cash came up with the first two lines of this song. It was just something he said to Tom Petty one day.
this one of the few 'beautiful' songs I really like. The live version from wildflowers in particular.
i love this song... opening lines summerize life in my opinion... one of my favourite quotes ever if u havent heard the whole shes the one CD u def should!!
i love this song... opening lines summerize life in my opinion... one of my favourite quotes ever if u havent heard the whole shes the one CD u def should!!
This song is awesome. Some days are diamonds, some days are rocks...how true is that?
If you watch the video, Jennifer Aniston makes a short appearance!
I like how there's a lot "this is this, but that is that" in this song. It shows how nothing is 100 percent. You can have you ideas and principles and rules, but there's always shades of grey and exceptions. You never really know what's going on in life. You see nice things like "golden sundowns," but then they "fade away" and you have to deal with that. Then you have the walls which are supposed to be inpentatrable and permanant, but they fall down, too. So it's kind of a good thing that nothing lasts, because even the bad things don't.
I guess I read a lot into it, but I think that makes sense if you want to take it that way.
bright eyes often covers this in concert