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.
Gently hold our heads
Gently hold our heads on high
Aimless time in fear new hide
Overthrow the plan
Confusion lies in all my words
Mad is the soul
We barricade ourselves in holes of temperament
This is the dawning of a new age
A heart that beats the wrong way
Insanity's crescendo
Windcolour - second sight
A touch of silence and the violence of dark
Illusion span - the aroma of time
Shadowlife and the scent of nothingness
Infinite fall of instinct
Order of one spells deceit
Infinite lack of trust
Order of one obsolete
Oh escaping time is all we lost ahead?
When it's found, can judgement make amends?
From force-fed impressions
Let us mortify the mind
Each soul to violate
Each instinct to be rendered false
Torn asunder be the conventional forms and frames
Now for the blood of heaven
Unlearn and the cleansing comes
Fell a tremor in the pillars of the senses
Cursed victim of a distance near
The first dreams - the clearest vision
Aimlessly steer towards our night
We belong to thee
Oh dearest bliss, unnerving silence
Entangled within
Dimly begotten in clarity found
Virginlike tears for impurity bound
Beseech he who darken the stars and the sky
To greet now this vision an emerald dawn
Empty the sun - carve out the wind
Insanity's crescendo
Tear out the blinded eye
Lament of thunder - take comfort in fear
Lightning veins in crude exterior
Voice the oppression - voice the hypocrisy
Lay down the law that made instince fall
Escape now and revert
This cleansing rebirth
Torn asunder be
Affect me not; darkened vision
Insanity's crescendo
Grimly tread the footsteps torn
Rebellious stand the seeker tall
The thorn of insanity's hand
Take this darkened vision from my sight
Nailed to the image of ignorance
Each soul to violate
For the blood of heaven
Gently hold our heads on high
Aimless time in fear new hide
Overthrow the plan
Confusion lies in all my words
Mad is the soul
We barricade ourselves in holes of temperament
This is the dawning of a new age
A heart that beats the wrong way
Insanity's crescendo
Windcolour - second sight
A touch of silence and the violence of dark
Illusion span - the aroma of time
Shadowlife and the scent of nothingness
Infinite fall of instinct
Order of one spells deceit
Infinite lack of trust
Order of one obsolete
Oh escaping time is all we lost ahead?
When it's found, can judgement make amends?
From force-fed impressions
Let us mortify the mind
Each soul to violate
Each instinct to be rendered false
Torn asunder be the conventional forms and frames
Now for the blood of heaven
Unlearn and the cleansing comes
Fell a tremor in the pillars of the senses
Cursed victim of a distance near
The first dreams - the clearest vision
Aimlessly steer towards our night
We belong to thee
Oh dearest bliss, unnerving silence
Entangled within
Dimly begotten in clarity found
Virginlike tears for impurity bound
Beseech he who darken the stars and the sky
To greet now this vision an emerald dawn
Empty the sun - carve out the wind
Insanity's crescendo
Tear out the blinded eye
Lament of thunder - take comfort in fear
Lightning veins in crude exterior
Voice the oppression - voice the hypocrisy
Lay down the law that made instince fall
Escape now and revert
This cleansing rebirth
Torn asunder be
Affect me not; darkened vision
Insanity's crescendo
Grimly tread the footsteps torn
Rebellious stand the seeker tall
The thorn of insanity's hand
Take this darkened vision from my sight
Nailed to the image of ignorance
Each soul to violate
For the blood of heaven
Lyrics submitted by Day_Walker9
Insanity's Crescendo Lyrics as written by Fredrik Johansson Anders Jivarp
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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