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.
Got a crazy feeling I don't understand
'Gotta get away from here
Feelin' like I shoulda kept my feet on the ground
Waitin' for the sun to appear
Mamma's gonna worry
I been a bad bad boy
No use sayin' sorry
It's something that I enjoy
'Cause you can't see what my eyes see
(I can see it, I can see it)
And you can't be inside of me, flying high again
I can see through the mountains watch me disappear
I can even touch the sky
Swallowing colours of the sound I hear
Am I just a crazy guy. (You bet).
Mamma's gonna worry
I been a bad bad boy
No use sayin' sorry
It's something that I enjoy
If you could be inside my head
You'd see that black and white is read
Flying high again
Flying high again
Flying high again
Flying high again come on and join me.
Flying high again
Flying high again
Flying high again
Flying high again come on and join me.
Daddy thinks I'm lazy he don't understand
Never saw inside my head
People think I'm crazy but I'm in demand
Never heard a thing I said.
Mamma's gonna worry
I been a bad bad boy
No use sayin' sorry
It's something that I enjoy
Flying high again
Flying high again
Flying high again
Flying high again
'Gotta get away from here
Feelin' like I shoulda kept my feet on the ground
Waitin' for the sun to appear
Mamma's gonna worry
I been a bad bad boy
No use sayin' sorry
It's something that I enjoy
'Cause you can't see what my eyes see
(I can see it, I can see it)
And you can't be inside of me, flying high again
I can see through the mountains watch me disappear
I can even touch the sky
Swallowing colours of the sound I hear
Am I just a crazy guy. (You bet).
Mamma's gonna worry
I been a bad bad boy
No use sayin' sorry
It's something that I enjoy
If you could be inside my head
You'd see that black and white is read
Flying high again
Flying high again
Flying high again
Flying high again come on and join me.
Flying high again
Flying high again
Flying high again
Flying high again come on and join me.
Daddy thinks I'm lazy he don't understand
Never saw inside my head
People think I'm crazy but I'm in demand
Never heard a thing I said.
Mamma's gonna worry
I been a bad bad boy
No use sayin' sorry
It's something that I enjoy
Flying high again
Flying high again
Flying high again
Flying high again
Lyrics submitted by ChildOfAcid
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Ozzy is deffinetly God of heavy metal n rock music.....(with or w/o Sabbath) this song signifies smoking weed... "No use sayin' sorry It's something that I enjoy... ...Flying high again come on and join me."
Well if you can't figure out what this song means you must be stupid...heh heh. Obviously hes high on drugs and hes taking us with him on this "trip"
Too bad we can't see what he sees...
sure you can.. drip some liquid lsd in a sugar cube and let that bitch melt on your tongue. the shit you see is unreal
DRUGS MAN!!!!!!!!!!! WICKED SHIT DUDE!!!!!!!! lol Ozzy is the new king of rock & roll!!!!!!!!!
Definetly about drugs lol....
Good song, Randy Rhoads is the man.
haha well put zps2.. man i wish we could get some lsd rollin through this little shitty town... damn
This song is definetly about tripping on LSD.
"Swallowing colours of the sound I hear "
hearing colors - or seeing colors of sound is an effect a lot of people that take LSD report
Man this song takes me back to my childhood
every time i hear this song it remindes me of when i lived in Hombolt County... on a plantation. Hombolt is awsome, nice place to live, simple people, mellow people, AND BY GOD all that Pot.
I just went back for a visit last summer to an old friends house. Im talking fish bowls people...FISH BOWLS FULL. theve got this hemp store and if you got caught the cops wouldent arest you, but they would take your "stuff" for "Testing"
i mean i know its ozzy, but i wouldnt necessarily say its about drugs. even if it is about drugs, what its really about is this.
its about being free. doing things the way you want to do things. people dont understand and they pass all kinds of judgement on you, and they completely miss out on what youre really up to because they cant see past what they dont approve of. should you be ashamed.....? hell no! if ozzy wrote this song about doing drugs i would have to say that im disapointed. to me its always been about following your heart regardless of what others think. its about looking inside yourself, knowing what youre capable of, and seeking happiness. this song is about freedom. perhaps the only way some people acheive this kind of freedom is through the use of drugs...
I agree with blah cookies and glad to hear someone else hears the song this way....
Ozzy didnt have a shit to do with this song. Bob Daisley wrote the lyrics and Randy invented his guitar riffs and solos. In your heart u fools hope that the singer in Ozzy Osbournes band wasnt Ozzy himself. Ozzy is a terrible singer nowadays.