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.
She is a dying dandelion floating on the breeze
Swirling sweetly in the evening
She is the stars glowing gorgeously
She is the sloping clouds
Forever scrolling
Unfolding
She is the sun burned blue and shadows on the moon
She is the morning dew
Dangling on leaves leaking into streams
Forever flowing
Unfolding
No one can say her name
Now she sits and sings something about my dreams
Hours go by before she looks at me
She breaks my heart
As I open my eyes to drink the melon sky
Swirling sweetly in the evening
She is the stars glowing gorgeously
She is the sloping clouds
Forever scrolling
Unfolding
She is the sun burned blue and shadows on the moon
She is the morning dew
Dangling on leaves leaking into streams
Forever flowing
Unfolding
No one can say her name
Now she sits and sings something about my dreams
Hours go by before she looks at me
She breaks my heart
As I open my eyes to drink the melon sky
Lyrics submitted by Aerion
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This is my favorite song off of In Reverie, it's all calm and really good. meaning is fairly obvious from lyrics
i'm with you there dude.
i'm with you there dude.
One of my favorite song off saves the day's new album. I useally keep it on repeat. Well its obviously about a girl you can get that much from the "SHE" parts.
She is a dying dandelion floating on the breeze
sounds like shes losing herself. I meen being called a dying dandelion cant be good. So i take it shes fadeing away.
Unfolding
shes unfolding everything is going wrong. Yeah hes fadeing away...
Hours go by before she looks at me She breaks my heart
She cant even look at him. Shes too ashamed of herself maybe.
She breaks my heart
and it breaks his heart that she cant really see how good she really is and how worthy she is.
just my opinion on it. in a round about way thats what i think chris meens
I don't know, "SHE" is probably just a metaphor for someone Chris loves, not necessarily a boy or girl. I think you're right about the lyrics in how she thinks she's unworthy or ashamed, but I think is referring to his audience as a whole, like everyone that listens to Saves the Day and thinks of them as a seperate and more important being. I think he's trying to say that the audience is as important as the band.
i absolutely adore this song. the lyrics just plant a beautiful image in my head and i think of some utopia of mine. it's so gorgeous. i think it's about nothing else than a girl or someone chris loves very much.
this song is about nature.. 2 of my best friends and me saw chris play a solo acoustic set right before in rev came out.. and before he played she, he said it's about nature, nothin more.. chris is the man.. he played like every song u could possibly wanna hear live in front of 70 people
for me, its about an old lady whos trying to hold on to her memories.
i think the "hours go by before she looks at me" is more about how she doesn't pay him any attention and isn't into him like he is into her. this song is beautiful. it flows together perfectly.
xkurpunkx is right a while back i heard it was about nature maybe it could be about a girl he liikes just telling how wonderful he is