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.
A sad song it was,
Through renewal it brought
And a month seems sometimes shorter
Than a half nights longing
Hidden and hard are the reasons for war
Polar twist, invert and flea
I can't dissolve this feeling of mine
But patience will unlock the door
And the maps of reasons re-written for me
When the wait is over and the punishment is due
Each day I crawl to the hall of the giants
And I beg for mercy -
And I beg for mercy in vein
One night is a mare - two is worse
How can I manage three?
Through renewal it brought
And a month seems sometimes shorter
Than a half nights longing
Hidden and hard are the reasons for war
Polar twist, invert and flea
I can't dissolve this feeling of mine
But patience will unlock the door
And the maps of reasons re-written for me
When the wait is over and the punishment is due
Each day I crawl to the hall of the giants
And I beg for mercy -
And I beg for mercy in vein
One night is a mare - two is worse
How can I manage three?
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sounds more like 'each day I crawl, to the hall of the silence' to me...
with Insipid. but you know. i think this song is more about the awesome guitar solo. it has like wind sound effect in the background, then theres the awesome Bjorn (i think) solo, which then switches to the Jesper pull off solo which sounds excellent. yeah. that's where i'm at with the song
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the first verse is a sad verse, with seemingly three topics, in reality one: The way something horrible affects you negatively.
the second verse is about letting go of the sadness, and what you got to do to do it.
the chorus seems to suggest that the horrible thing that happened was his own fault. Either way, it haunts him and he begs for "mercy".
I heard a live version of this song, where he definitely said "hall of the SILENCE". It might have been "hall of the silenceD", but in any case - he's not saying "giants.
And Ddadutta: what chorus? This song doesn't have a chorus, right?
sorry, what I meant to say was the third verse.. but while we're on it, "each day I crawl to the hall of the giants and beg for mercy - and I beg for mercy in vein" is repeated at least twice, so it sorta functions as a chorus.
It's about addiction, limp, severe.
In the colony sleevenotes it says "...hall of the giants"...possibly some1 above the character?
This song is brutal. In a live version he says "Each day I crawl to the heart of the silence"
Colony seemed to have a lot of errors.
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