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.
I see god in my dreams and I can't stop running
Don't care what I've become but fear what i am becoming
Set me straight, I'm no angel
Falling apart, he feels death from the table
Waking asleep, I can't sleep yet I'm sleeping
I'm slipping again and no hope's what I'm thinking
I'm buried alive, inside, so claustrophobic
Nothing to say today, afraid and we know it
What do I know, i know that we know nothing
I feel like I'm constantly waiting for something
What am I waiting for, what am I trying to do?
I'm trying to prove that it's all a lie
Can't get enough and I'm already there
I'm already there and I still can't get enough
So just deny what you can't repair
Between the lie, read between your lie
Can't get enough and I'm already there
I'm already there and I still can't get enough
Run as far as you can because nobody cares
Between the lie, read between your lie
I got a little secret that I keep inside
Deep down dormant in the dark she hides
But every time that I close my eyes I can feel it
I can feel her die
Maybe I'm jaded too, maybe I'm dead like you
Maybe I'm obsolete, maybe I'm incomplete
Maybe insanity blinded by prophecy
Maybe the opposite, maybe I'm right
Maybe a victim, maybe you're not
When did you start to care about what I thought?
What would you do for me, who will you be for me
What about family, who would you kill for me?
Ammunition for a prophet's gun
All that's become must unbecome
All that's sacred, all that's true,
All that's nothing lies in you
Madness, insanity, Why do you stare through me?
Finish the rest of me, see what you wanna see
Say what your gonna say, give and then take away
Waiting for guilt to try and read between your lie
Try and read between your lie
Try and read between your lie
Try and read between your lie
Go and kiss my fuckin' ass
And it's all that's nothing
Lies in you
Even if you're forgiven
Would you forgive yourself?
Even if you're forgiven
Would you forgive yourself?
Even if you're forgiven
Would you forgive yourself?
Even if you're forgiven
Would you forgive yourself?
Can't get enough and I'm already there
So just deny what you can't repair
Can't get enough and I'm already there
Run as far as you can because nobody cares
Read between your lie
Read between your lie
Read between your lie
Don't care what I've become but fear what i am becoming
Set me straight, I'm no angel
Falling apart, he feels death from the table
Waking asleep, I can't sleep yet I'm sleeping
I'm slipping again and no hope's what I'm thinking
I'm buried alive, inside, so claustrophobic
Nothing to say today, afraid and we know it
What do I know, i know that we know nothing
I feel like I'm constantly waiting for something
What am I waiting for, what am I trying to do?
I'm trying to prove that it's all a lie
Can't get enough and I'm already there
I'm already there and I still can't get enough
So just deny what you can't repair
Between the lie, read between your lie
Can't get enough and I'm already there
I'm already there and I still can't get enough
Run as far as you can because nobody cares
Between the lie, read between your lie
I got a little secret that I keep inside
Deep down dormant in the dark she hides
But every time that I close my eyes I can feel it
I can feel her die
Maybe I'm jaded too, maybe I'm dead like you
Maybe I'm obsolete, maybe I'm incomplete
Maybe insanity blinded by prophecy
Maybe the opposite, maybe I'm right
Maybe a victim, maybe you're not
When did you start to care about what I thought?
What would you do for me, who will you be for me
What about family, who would you kill for me?
Ammunition for a prophet's gun
All that's become must unbecome
All that's sacred, all that's true,
All that's nothing lies in you
Madness, insanity, Why do you stare through me?
Finish the rest of me, see what you wanna see
Say what your gonna say, give and then take away
Waiting for guilt to try and read between your lie
Try and read between your lie
Try and read between your lie
Try and read between your lie
Go and kiss my fuckin' ass
And it's all that's nothing
Lies in you
Even if you're forgiven
Would you forgive yourself?
Even if you're forgiven
Would you forgive yourself?
Even if you're forgiven
Would you forgive yourself?
Even if you're forgiven
Would you forgive yourself?
Can't get enough and I'm already there
So just deny what you can't repair
Can't get enough and I'm already there
Run as far as you can because nobody cares
Read between your lie
Read between your lie
Read between your lie
Lyrics submitted by missderelict, edited by McJeff
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