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.
Sit down, please make yourself comfortable...
I might need some time
To dance around what I need to say,
I love you to death, I think I need a break.
I spend my days worried out loud,
I gag in my head, I choke it back down.
It hurts me inside to save your insides,
So close my lips tight, move eyes to the side.
This is the way we disappear.
It's easy if you burnout like a star.
This is the way we disappear.
It's easy like a fifty foot fall.
And I'm waiting, for whatever better time...
To evict these words that have rented out my mind.
And I'm hating every minute that I don't speak out loud,
Like a year laying down
Like a year laying down
Like a year laying down
Relax on this bed of nails, on this plastic sheet,
Your blood leaves a trail right back to me.
A problem you see.
Would you please allow a moment to think?
I might need some time
To dance around what I need to say,
I love you to death, I think I need a break.
I spend my days worried out loud,
I gag in my head, I choke it back down.
It hurts me inside to save your insides,
So close my lips tight, move eyes to the side.
This is the way we disappear.
It's easy if you burnout like a star.
This is the way we disappear.
It's easy like a fifty foot fall.
And I'm waiting, for whatever better time...
To evict these words that have rented out my mind.
And I'm hating every minute that I don't speak out loud,
Like a year laying down
Like a year laying down
Like a year laying down
Relax on this bed of nails, on this plastic sheet,
Your blood leaves a trail right back to me.
A problem you see.
Would you please allow a moment to think?
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