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.
Live in my head for just one day
I see myself and look away
The road is showing now on my face
Soon I'll disappear with
I'll disappear without a fucking trace
Faces that I've seen turn old and gray
I've lost too many friends along the way
Memories I never thought would fade
They fade and Blow Away
I wish that I could disappear
Unzip my skin and leave it here
So I could be no one again
And never let nobody
I'd let nobody
I'd never let nobody in
Faces that I've seen turn old and grey
I've lost too many friends along the way
Memories I never thought would fade
They fade and Blow Away
So now the walls are closing in
Because in life you sink or swim
Sometimes these shoes don't feel right in my head
Feel like a book that can't be
A book that can't be
A book that can't be read
Faces that I've seen turn old and grey
I've lost too many friends along the way
Memories I never thought would fade
They fade and Blow Away
I see myself and look away
The road is showing now on my face
Soon I'll disappear with
I'll disappear without a fucking trace
Faces that I've seen turn old and gray
I've lost too many friends along the way
Memories I never thought would fade
They fade and Blow Away
I wish that I could disappear
Unzip my skin and leave it here
So I could be no one again
And never let nobody
I'd let nobody
I'd never let nobody in
Faces that I've seen turn old and grey
I've lost too many friends along the way
Memories I never thought would fade
They fade and Blow Away
So now the walls are closing in
Because in life you sink or swim
Sometimes these shoes don't feel right in my head
Feel like a book that can't be
A book that can't be
A book that can't be read
Faces that I've seen turn old and grey
I've lost too many friends along the way
Memories I never thought would fade
They fade and Blow Away
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I can so badly relate to this song... it makes me sick to my stomach, it makes me hate myself, it makes me hate everyone i know... but still, whenever i listen to this song, it just blows me away. Kind of suspends me in a state of emptyness, makes me numb, and i begin to think... how many times have we all felt this way before? You get so badly hurt sometimes by the people whom you really love that you wish you want to be no one at all.... and still sometimes you cause so much pain to the same people that you want to disappear into nothingess...? How about the times when you have felt that... you will never allow another person into your life again? Not even close...? How about your friend's showing you the finger when you needed them the most? But then, its only a matter of time when everything just fades away and life just goes on the way it used to be. That's how i feel about this song, it fills me with so much rage and hatred... but then i realise, i can blame no one else but myself..... thats how the world is, there comes a time when no one matters, nothing actually matters... thats when i feel i want to disappear without a fuckin trace.... "I see myself and look away..." This song is so miserably depressing yet so powerful. Even though it sucks the living shit out of me, i just cant stop listening to it. That's the power of StainD...