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.
The fire dies on its own, leaving us to ourselves but not exactly alone
I think that something is out there waiting, anticipation has grown
The air as black as can be, can't even see that my hand is in front of me
I'm overhearing a whisper, "They won't escape until the blood is set free"
So turn back, the silence is deafening
Turn back, don't let them see you again
They make the rounds at the midnight hour
And on the clock it's just a minute away
So we're hours awake and our only mistake is we bleed
And the hunger for the living helps them hunt it with the greatest of ease
Now I'm finding my friends, Hanging from trees, made a bed of a barbed wire fence
I'm on the loose with my neck in the noose but hey, I enjoy the intense
So turn back, the silence is deafening
Turn back, don't let them see you again
They make the rounds at the midnight hour
And on the clock it's just a minute away
So we're hours awake and our only mistake is we bleed
When the hunger for the living helps them hunt it with the greatest of ease
No experience could ever match the sight of when is a person is through
If it's the last thing I will do, I'll be the one that will escape from Hellview
And I will
So turn back, the silence is deafening
Turn back, don't let them see you again
They make the rounds at the midnight hour
And on the clock it's just a minute away
So turn back, the silence is deafening
Turn back, don't let them see you again
They make the rounds at the midnight hour
And on the clock it's just a minute away
So we're hours awake and our only mistake is we bleed
When the hunger for the living helps them hunt it with the greatest of ease
No experience could ever match the sight of when is a person is through
If it's the last thing I will do, I'll be the one that will escape from Hellview
And I will
I think that something is out there waiting, anticipation has grown
The air as black as can be, can't even see that my hand is in front of me
I'm overhearing a whisper, "They won't escape until the blood is set free"
So turn back, the silence is deafening
Turn back, don't let them see you again
They make the rounds at the midnight hour
And on the clock it's just a minute away
So we're hours awake and our only mistake is we bleed
And the hunger for the living helps them hunt it with the greatest of ease
Now I'm finding my friends, Hanging from trees, made a bed of a barbed wire fence
I'm on the loose with my neck in the noose but hey, I enjoy the intense
So turn back, the silence is deafening
Turn back, don't let them see you again
They make the rounds at the midnight hour
And on the clock it's just a minute away
So we're hours awake and our only mistake is we bleed
When the hunger for the living helps them hunt it with the greatest of ease
No experience could ever match the sight of when is a person is through
If it's the last thing I will do, I'll be the one that will escape from Hellview
And I will
So turn back, the silence is deafening
Turn back, don't let them see you again
They make the rounds at the midnight hour
And on the clock it's just a minute away
So turn back, the silence is deafening
Turn back, don't let them see you again
They make the rounds at the midnight hour
And on the clock it's just a minute away
So we're hours awake and our only mistake is we bleed
When the hunger for the living helps them hunt it with the greatest of ease
No experience could ever match the sight of when is a person is through
If it's the last thing I will do, I'll be the one that will escape from Hellview
And I will
Lyrics submitted by dr_feelgood82
Escape from Hellview Lyrics as written by Deron Miller Chad Ginsburg
Lyrics © TUNECORE INC
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this song is about the survivors of 96 quite bitter beings trying to escape from hellvieuw (the clouded town of hellview population 96..) you get the idea, they find dead friends etc. good song
"both songs are based off of the fictitious town of hellview. "escape..." follows tha outline of several campers lost in hellview sitting around a campfire, but after the fire goes out they are discovered, stalked, and eliminated slasher-style."
I thought it was just about a fictional town called Hellview where tourists die. The song is linked to 96 quite bitter beings.
It could be about a life thats just so bad and messed up that you want out but you just cant seem to get away from it?
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this song fuckin rocks, if deron really wanted to, he could make an entire movie out of this song, that would be fucking kick ass...I.D.R.
this song is about wanting to get out of a peice of shit little town.
this band should've got more praise for this deep stuff. i can relate to it all and yes i am depressed
whoa...this could be a sick zombie movie.
this is my favorite song off IDR and I'd love to see a video for this, just imagine the band running from Zombies or whatever, and then during the noose line Chad starts rocking out while being hanged. meanwhile, the rest of the band turns one by one into zombies...it'd be sa-weet.
If I were a soldier fighting a war this would be my song that I could use to get myself through.