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 close my eyes and I see a freak, I think it's me and I'm afraid to speak
I keep on going from week to weakness way out in a line
I dream of lives we could have had before, but the heat is broke down open doorways
Friends of yours will tell me more what happens in your mind
Can we try and take the high road though we don't know where it ends
I want to be your Crystal Baller
I want to show you how it ends
Macrame queens in the afternoon and I'm in tune or did I speak too soon
Punch drunk on somebody's joke, what happened to the time
A footnote in your dance of days, In my mind that record still plays
Still wonder what the fuck it says, hoping there is time
Can we try and take the high road though we don't know where it ends
I want to be your Crystal Baller
I can show you how it ends
Can we talk about tomorrow and the promise that it brings
I want to be your Crystal Baller, I want to show you everything
I wonder what the whole things for, I wonder what the whole things for
In the moment you were screaming at me I must have been somebody else
And the patrons of the pub keep singing
Macrame queens in the afternoon and I'm in tune or did I speak too soon
Punch drunk on somebody's joke what happened to the time
I dream of lives we could have had before where the heat is broke down open doorways
Like waiting for a trick to score, It seems that way sometimes
I wonder where we're all going, I'm homesick for your primal knowing
I wonder why the wind keeps blowing you through my mind
Try and take the high road remember we were friends
I want to be your Crystal Baller
I want to be your diamond ring
The one I never gave you and the promise that it brings
Let me be your Crystal Baller
I will show you everything
I'll be your Crystal Baller
I keep on going from week to weakness way out in a line
I dream of lives we could have had before, but the heat is broke down open doorways
Friends of yours will tell me more what happens in your mind
Can we try and take the high road though we don't know where it ends
I want to be your Crystal Baller
I want to show you how it ends
Macrame queens in the afternoon and I'm in tune or did I speak too soon
Punch drunk on somebody's joke, what happened to the time
A footnote in your dance of days, In my mind that record still plays
Still wonder what the fuck it says, hoping there is time
Can we try and take the high road though we don't know where it ends
I want to be your Crystal Baller
I can show you how it ends
Can we talk about tomorrow and the promise that it brings
I want to be your Crystal Baller, I want to show you everything
I wonder what the whole things for, I wonder what the whole things for
In the moment you were screaming at me I must have been somebody else
And the patrons of the pub keep singing
Macrame queens in the afternoon and I'm in tune or did I speak too soon
Punch drunk on somebody's joke what happened to the time
I dream of lives we could have had before where the heat is broke down open doorways
Like waiting for a trick to score, It seems that way sometimes
I wonder where we're all going, I'm homesick for your primal knowing
I wonder why the wind keeps blowing you through my mind
Try and take the high road remember we were friends
I want to be your Crystal Baller
I want to be your diamond ring
The one I never gave you and the promise that it brings
Let me be your Crystal Baller
I will show you everything
I'll be your Crystal Baller
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Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
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first off, there are a lot of mistakes on these lyrics...no offense to rjbucs I close my eyes and I see a freak, I think it's me and I'm afraid to speak I keep on going from week to weakness way out in a line. I dream of lives we could have had before, but the heat is broke down open doorways. Friends of yours will tell me more what happens in your mind
Can we try and take the high road though we don't know where it ends I want to be your Crystal Baller I want to show you how it ends
Macrame queens in the afternoon and I'm in tune or did I speak too soon Punch drunk on somebody's joke, what happened to the time A footnote in your dance of days, In my mind that record still plays Still wonder what the fuck it says, and hoping there is time
Can we try and take the high road though we don't know where it ends I want to be your Crystal Baller I can show you how it ends
Can we talk about tomorrow and the promise that it brings I want to be your Crystal Baller, I want to show everything
I wonder what the whole things for, I wonder what the whole things for In the moment you were screaming at me I would have been somebody else And the patrons of the pub keep singing Macrame queens in the afternoon and I'm in tune or did I speak too soon Punch drunk on somebody's joke what happened to the time I dream of lives we could have had before where the heat is broke down open doorways Like waiting for a trick to score, It seems that way some times I wonder where were all going, I'm homesick for your primal knowing I wonder why the wind keeps blowing you through my mind
Try and take the high road remember we were friends I want to be your Crystal Baller I want to be your diamond ring
The one I never gave you and the promise that it brings Let me be your Crystal Baller I will show you everything. I'll be your Crystal Baller
second off, i think this song is amazing...steven jenkins is a lyrical mastermind
agreed. mistakes and amazing song.
I agree as well, Jenkins writes amazing lyrics.