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.
morning new disease charcoal in bed / boansoaked anemic listen in horror / to the scraping of flatware and china / and saran wrap to stifle libido / air shaft a chasm their lives flung open / sickness is a time for hating your neighbors / in their milk flats with five kids too many / having day sex because they're all daughters / and you're thinking the same two things / over and over again / I am dreaming of a life and I am dreaming of waking up / there's this anger rising cancer in me standing like a wall between / the waking world I seek and this infected plane of sleep / love come like an axe to all this ice and set me free / there's a black rewarding book / beneath this stiff sheet if you look carefully / noise police white hearse tv air wave methadone / diet contact safe sex antibiotics / for your safety we've taken sharp objects / it's their object to keep you from waking / taste test serenade we dig the grave / lose weight astrologically no money down / for your enjoyment we've excised the dialogue / for your protection we've installed a camera / just keep thinking the same clean thoughts / and keep telling yourself it's allright / I am dreaming of a life / and it's not the life that's mine / in a stolen car I rocket west out past that Jersey line / and the robots in their riot gear glimmer in my rearview mirror / love came like an axe and had her way with this coarse earth / and a small deserving book she was recovered and understood / and I awoke
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mechassassin1... i don't think it can be about 1984- although i can see the overall theme could be likened to it, the lyrics themselves make no reference nor allusion to anything. personally i think it's about people's lives being empty and them not being able to better themselves. the lines "in their milk flats with five kids too many" and "I am dreaming of a life / and it's not the life that's mine" make my point i think.. they make me sad too, lol. overall a fantastic song- one i don't think i'll ever tire of- and as proven, one that has a lot of meaning that everyone interprets differently. great tune, riffs too. what else do u want from a song? :P