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 know you don't want to see. I know you're not part of me
But you wonder just the same. So I'll let you in on this game
What's on the top is just the beginning
Of the protectorate that keeps Gaia spinning
It never ends, and with the gifts Luna sends, to the apocalypse
On we defend for the right to live in a perfect world
For our past mistakes, extinction we are hurled
Trying to make amends for the Impergium,
As Weaver and the Wyld and a bitch called the Wyrm
(You don't want to know)
All the power of the Wyld that runs through me,
Yet the reason why is an answer that eludes me
(You don't want to see)
Our viewpoint on what mankind is doing,
That black inside when frenzy is brewing
(You don't want to feel)
The sorrow that my heart holds in knowing
Just where my hopes and dreams are going
(I won't let you be)
Caught up in a war that you are not part of.
I sign this letter Your Father, With Love.
I'm trying to set my mind free.
I'm sorry you never knew me.
My soul is in recession.
Painful to make this confession.
But you wonder just the same. So I'll let you in on this game
What's on the top is just the beginning
Of the protectorate that keeps Gaia spinning
It never ends, and with the gifts Luna sends, to the apocalypse
On we defend for the right to live in a perfect world
For our past mistakes, extinction we are hurled
Trying to make amends for the Impergium,
As Weaver and the Wyld and a bitch called the Wyrm
(You don't want to know)
All the power of the Wyld that runs through me,
Yet the reason why is an answer that eludes me
(You don't want to see)
Our viewpoint on what mankind is doing,
That black inside when frenzy is brewing
(You don't want to feel)
The sorrow that my heart holds in knowing
Just where my hopes and dreams are going
(I won't let you be)
Caught up in a war that you are not part of.
I sign this letter Your Father, With Love.
I'm trying to set my mind free.
I'm sorry you never knew me.
My soul is in recession.
Painful to make this confession.
Lyrics submitted by The Spoony Bard
Confessions Lyrics as written by David C Larue
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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