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.
These hospital walls are the palest of white
Here in this desert they're reciting my last rights
The smell of these halls brings temporary comfort
As oxygen flows through my blood
El Corazón was poisoned tonight
She's on her 8 of 9
When half of all your prayers are insincere
The other half are lies
Here is this watermark under this bridge
The point where it crested
Rolled back and drifted into the sea
I climb from this wreckage
As the smoke begins to clear from my lungs
The closest of close calls has happened tonight
It's time that I made things right
for the first time since the last time
Let this moment of clarity
lift this curse that has been cast upon me
So appreciate the good times,
but don't take the worst for granted
Because you only get so many second chances
Here in this desert they're reciting my last rights
The smell of these halls brings temporary comfort
As oxygen flows through my blood
El Corazón was poisoned tonight
She's on her 8 of 9
When half of all your prayers are insincere
The other half are lies
Here is this watermark under this bridge
The point where it crested
Rolled back and drifted into the sea
I climb from this wreckage
As the smoke begins to clear from my lungs
The closest of close calls has happened tonight
It's time that I made things right
for the first time since the last time
Let this moment of clarity
lift this curse that has been cast upon me
So appreciate the good times,
but don't take the worst for granted
Because you only get so many second chances
Lyrics submitted by ADimeADexter
Eight Of Nine Lyrics as written by Kris Roe
Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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I love the ending "appreciate the good times, but don't take the worst for granted. 'cause you only get so many second chance "
I'm definitely going to live my life with this quote always in mind.
This is a really good song... One of my favorites from So Long Astoria actually... but i was talking with other ataris fans.. and we cant figure out what the song is about---- a car crash we suppose --- but who's she? -- shes on her eight of nine.. life? -- If anyone can help us out on the meaning of this song that'd be great.. I'm writing to Kris to see what its really about, but a reply won't come for a long time.
I thought the song was about him almost dying in a house fire awhile back. He always talks about ashes and stuff on other songs like "So Long, Astoria" and "Fast Times at Dropout High"
"as the smoke begins to clear from my lungs"
But I must have been wrong
this song is about him almost dieing 8 times in arizona, and she is the van dubbed "el corazone" which means the heart
treat every day like it was the last day of your life because you never know when it will be your turn to go...
i agree with all thats been said about this song, "shes on her eight of nine" that whole 9 lives thing cats have, shes on the eighth life and its gonna be soon
actually this song is about everytime he goes to AZ he almost dies and hes like a cat when he says 8 of 9 because cats have 9 lives and hes on his eighth and el corazon is their van when it caught on fire. he actually has a tattoo of the AZ state flag witha horseshoe above it that says lucky on it to give him better luck in az
Wow, I saw that tattoo when I saw them played last week and as i drove home (through Arizona) I wondered why the hell Kris had an Arizona state flag tottoo. Thanks for answering that.
how has he almost died 8 times? and this is a good song.
I think that when he's says she's on her eight of nine, he's talking about his heart and he's saying that he just used up his 8th life and he's in the hospital and know's that he only has one life left to live.