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.
This betrayal will forever
Will this graveyard be the dis for
For these corpses
Will they be the first to fall
and dance the night away?
Why do we do this to ourselves?
We're fighting every word they sell
Something apart
Carry our guns
Take a look at what we've become
Concrete nations
Standing in the ashes of our enemies we've made
Why do we do this to ourselves?
We're fighting every word they sell
Why do we do this to ourselves?
We're fighting every word that they sell
So we dance the night away
So we dance the night away
So we dance the night away
So we dance the night away
Night away
Why do we do this to ourselves?
We're fighting every word they sell
Why do we do this to ourselves?
We're fighting every word that they sell
Every word that they sell
Every word that they sell
Every word that they sell
Will this graveyard be the dis for
For these corpses
Will they be the first to fall
and dance the night away?
Why do we do this to ourselves?
We're fighting every word they sell
Something apart
Carry our guns
Take a look at what we've become
Concrete nations
Standing in the ashes of our enemies we've made
Why do we do this to ourselves?
We're fighting every word they sell
Why do we do this to ourselves?
We're fighting every word that they sell
So we dance the night away
So we dance the night away
So we dance the night away
So we dance the night away
Night away
Why do we do this to ourselves?
We're fighting every word they sell
Why do we do this to ourselves?
We're fighting every word that they sell
Every word that they sell
Every word that they sell
Every word that they sell
Lyrics submitted by Shadee01
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This betrayal will forever Will this graveyard be the dis for For these corpses Will they be the first to fall and dance the night away?
Okay, so there was some big betrayal (war, Iraq, someone?) and now there are large fatalities
Why do we do this to ourselves? We're fighting every word they sell
Someone is trying to help them and they are still not listening...
Something apart Carry our guns Take a look at what we've become Concrete nations Standing in the ashes of our enemies we've made
Now I know there is a war. The countries have hardened and blown up other countries.
Why do we do this to ourselves? We're fighting every word they sell Why do we do this to ourselves? We're fighting every word that they sell
So we dance the night away So we dance the night away So we dance the night away So we dance the night away Night away
This is either metaphorical or something..but I think it means that they should have fun before they die. Wow that sounds dumb.
Why do we do this to ourselves? We're fighting every word they sell Why do we do this to ourselves? We're fighting every word that they sell
Every word that they sell Every word that they sell Every word that they sell
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Almost the exact same song as 'Divide and Conquer' except the title name is different and it's "Concrete nations" instead of "Hungry nations"
Big difference, eh?
also divide and conquer says "does a shadow live forever" in the first line