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.
Rubber Wings
Butterflys
Tangled strings
choke the victim
Lives on sand
Craves the ocean
Two that look
want to see the same Thing ing
Some will pass
and some will stay
All content
to live that way
Stick your arm inside the mirror
Crawl back into bed
Take a swim inside the mirror
Exactified
Exhausted
Some are things I can't understand,
like who is the hood and who is the victim
What is sand?
What is the ocean?
Cause, what I see can't be the same thing.
Crawl back into bed
Take a swim inside the mirror
Exactified
Exhausted
(Comatose)
Comatose
Collapse inside the barrel.
(Roll down the hill)
Roll down the hill
There's nails inside the barrel.
(Terrified)
Terrified
These walls are awful narrow
(Mummified)
Mummified
Impaled on carpet's arrow
Butterflys
Tangled strings
choke the victim
Lives on sand
Craves the ocean
Two that look
want to see the same Thing ing
Some will pass
and some will stay
All content
to live that way
Stick your arm inside the mirror
Crawl back into bed
Take a swim inside the mirror
Exactified
Exhausted
Some are things I can't understand,
like who is the hood and who is the victim
What is sand?
What is the ocean?
Cause, what I see can't be the same thing.
Crawl back into bed
Take a swim inside the mirror
Exactified
Exhausted
(Comatose)
Comatose
Collapse inside the barrel.
(Roll down the hill)
Roll down the hill
There's nails inside the barrel.
(Terrified)
Terrified
These walls are awful narrow
(Mummified)
Mummified
Impaled on carpet's arrow
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