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 can see your inner motive
When you wear it on your face
Indisposed to the world
You won't let yourself be saved
You're the hand that spins my revolver around when
You push me away
You're the hand that spins my revolver around when
You push me away
On the wave of an ocean
I'm a space god in the rain
In the arms of devotion
Where you never found your place
You're the hand that spins my revolver around when
You push me away
You're the hand that spins my revolver around when
You push me away
You need no one to spin your revolver so go and get my gun
You need no one to spin your revolver so go and get my gun
You're the hand that spins my revolver around when
You push me away
You're the hand that spins my revolver around when
You push me away
I can see she's falling faster, running to her own disaster
You push me away
I can see she's falling faster, running to her own disaster
You push me away
When you wear it on your face
Indisposed to the world
You won't let yourself be saved
You're the hand that spins my revolver around when
You push me away
You're the hand that spins my revolver around when
You push me away
On the wave of an ocean
I'm a space god in the rain
In the arms of devotion
Where you never found your place
You're the hand that spins my revolver around when
You push me away
You're the hand that spins my revolver around when
You push me away
You need no one to spin your revolver so go and get my gun
You need no one to spin your revolver so go and get my gun
You're the hand that spins my revolver around when
You push me away
You're the hand that spins my revolver around when
You push me away
I can see she's falling faster, running to her own disaster
You push me away
I can see she's falling faster, running to her own disaster
You push me away
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This song is about someone who needs help, but pushes away everyone who tries to help her, thus killing a friendship.
This song is actually has a complicated meaning, first of all the line, "your the hand that spins my revolver around when you push me away," that means that when she pushes him away or neglects him, the gun is sort of a way to compare suicide to the way he feels when she is treating him like shit. The the line thats says, "You need no one to spin your revolver so go and get my gun," this means that she doesn't need to bother with those feelings because he loves her, but since she doesn't feel that way, thats why he says go and get his gun. Then the last line, "I can see she's falling faster, running to her own disaster," means that when she realizes that he is gone she begins to fall in emotional breakdown becasue it was her fault, hence the line, "running to her own disaster." Thats the only meaning I can get out of it.
I love it, I love it, I love it!
I saw Revis perform live and this song was beyond any words. Amazing.
I agree that it does have something to do with her not believing in the help offered, but I think that it also shows that he needs to help her to help himself, it being a very twisted situation.
I think that when they refer to the revolver, it could refer to how he needs the shot to "put him out of his misery", as it were.
I dunno, I could be wrong, but that's one take on it. Awesome song either way.
alright, lets see if i can break this "code"...
I can see your inner motive When you wear it on your face Indisposed to the world You won't let yourself be saved
He can see the real reason she's doing what she's doing by her facial expressions, but she won't just let it out.
You're the hand that spins my revolver around when You push me away You're the hand that spins my revolver around when You push me away
He gets mad at her and feels like he wants to kill her but she pushes him away and he feels like its his fault and the revolver gets spun around (making it pointing at him instead of her) basically, he decides he wants to kill himself
On the wave of an ocean I'm a space god in the rain In the arms of devotion Where you never found your place
Hes there for he basically...
You're the hand that spins my revolver around when You push me away You're the hand that spins my revolver around when You push me away
You need no one to spin your revolver so go and get my gun You need no one to spin your revolver so go and get my gun
She already feels she needs to kill herself, so hes saying "go and get my gun" so he can kill himself.
You're the hand that spins my revolver around when You push me away You're the hand that spins my revolver around when You push me away
I can see she's falling faster, running to her own disaster You push me away I can see she's falling faster, running to her own disaster You push me away
She making thinks worse and won't let him help.
I'm not 100% sure on this, but this is what i got out of it!