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.
But if only you could see them
You would know from their faces
There were kings and queens
Followed by princes and princesses
There were future power people
From the loved to the loveless
Shining a light 'cause they wanted it seen
Well there were cries of why
Followed by cries of why not
Can I
Reach out for you if that feels good to me
And the riders will not stop us
'Cause the only love they'll find is paradise
No the riders will not stop us
'Cause the only love they'll find is paradise
Paradise yeah
Don't you know that racism has a minimum future kids
Can only lead to no good, to no good
Besides your sons and daughters
Already know how that feels
One day (One day)
All the queens will gather round
Spreading love and unity so it can be found
Well then all the riders say it's all to do with drugs
Well inject me
With your love
Inject me with your love alright
And the riders will not stop us
'Cause the only drug they'll find is paradise
Future love paradise
No the riders will not stop us
'Cause the only love they'll find is paradise
Future love paradise
No the riders will not stop us
The only love they'll find is paradise
Paradise yea
Love paradise
One in and out is gonna make you feel good (paradise)
Coming at you like a hurricane would (paradise)
Stay close to me I'll always be by your side
Save paradise
You remind me of a girl I knew paradise
So beautiful once inside you paradise
You make me feel like I need your love love love
Want to fill me with your love
Fix me with your love all right
And the riders will not stop us
'Cause the only love they'll find is paradise
Future love paradise
No the riders will not stop us
'Cause the only drug they'll find is paradise
Oh we'll be livin' in a paradise
The riders will not stop us
'Cause the only love they'll find is paradise
Future love paradise
They will never make you feel surely
Like you've felt never felt before I'll
Give myself
To you
And if you change your mind
I'll do anything
Just to make the world peaceful
Just to make life wonderful
I will drown all your sorrows
In a future love paradise
Future love paradise
Future love paradise
They will never make you feel surely
Like you've never felt before
I'll give myself
You would know from their faces
There were kings and queens
Followed by princes and princesses
There were future power people
From the loved to the loveless
Shining a light 'cause they wanted it seen
Well there were cries of why
Followed by cries of why not
Can I
Reach out for you if that feels good to me
And the riders will not stop us
'Cause the only love they'll find is paradise
No the riders will not stop us
'Cause the only love they'll find is paradise
Paradise yeah
Don't you know that racism has a minimum future kids
Can only lead to no good, to no good
Besides your sons and daughters
Already know how that feels
One day (One day)
All the queens will gather round
Spreading love and unity so it can be found
Well then all the riders say it's all to do with drugs
Well inject me
With your love
Inject me with your love alright
And the riders will not stop us
'Cause the only drug they'll find is paradise
Future love paradise
No the riders will not stop us
'Cause the only love they'll find is paradise
Future love paradise
No the riders will not stop us
The only love they'll find is paradise
Paradise yea
Love paradise
One in and out is gonna make you feel good (paradise)
Coming at you like a hurricane would (paradise)
Stay close to me I'll always be by your side
Save paradise
You remind me of a girl I knew paradise
So beautiful once inside you paradise
You make me feel like I need your love love love
Want to fill me with your love
Fix me with your love all right
And the riders will not stop us
'Cause the only love they'll find is paradise
Future love paradise
No the riders will not stop us
'Cause the only drug they'll find is paradise
Oh we'll be livin' in a paradise
The riders will not stop us
'Cause the only love they'll find is paradise
Future love paradise
They will never make you feel surely
Like you've felt never felt before I'll
Give myself
To you
And if you change your mind
I'll do anything
Just to make the world peaceful
Just to make life wonderful
I will drown all your sorrows
In a future love paradise
Future love paradise
Future love paradise
They will never make you feel surely
Like you've never felt before
I'll give myself
Lyrics submitted by Ice, edited by Makeitmeansomething
Future Love Paradise Lyrics as written by Seal Samuel
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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I realize I am way late on posting this, but here are my 2 cents:
The song is obviously about racism. Who were the first riders that we might associate with racsim? Soon after the Civil War there were hooded riders that would come out of the night and burn the houses of the recently freed slaves as well as lynch any that they deemed a threat to their way of life - we all know them as the KKK. I feel that the symbology of the riders in this song is derived from the original Klan midnight rides and is used as imagery to represent all racsim and discrimination. In the 60's it was a common Klan claim that the black population was inferior because of the rampant rate of heroine addiction in many of the ghettos. It was an excuse the racists used as a justification for their atrocious behavious. Many of the points in this song can be viewed as turning the tables on racism: another example - if you ask a racist why he hates blacks, or Jews, or Asians, the politically correct answer you might hear is that they don't hate them - they just "love the white race. What is wrong with that?" So in light of this interpretation - "The riders will not stop us, cause the only love they'll find is paradise" can be expanded to clearly mean - The racists will not stop us because the only love there truly is, is the love of an equal and free world.
Or I might be completely wrong.