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.
alden: i don't care, i don't care
leave their corpses in my underwear
nick: smoke plumes become clouds
you just blend in
tu vas est tu vien
alden & nick:
i don't care i don't care
leave their corpses in my underwear
leave their corpses in my underwear
nick: smoke plumes become clouds
you just blend in
tu vas est tu vien
alden & nick:
i don't care i don't care
leave their corpses in my underwear
Lyrics submitted by jsparisinflames
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I think it might be "tu vas et tu viens" which means "you go and you come".
what does "tu vas est tu vien" mean?
same guitar riff as islands' swans. brilliant.
ps - the french should read "tu vas et tu viens"
effing beautiful song! it took me awhile to think of a logical meaning of this song, due to the hilarity of the main line, but i think it does actually have meaning to it, but im probably totally wrong. so i thought it was about leaving old, bad sexual relationships where they belong. forget them and never let them get to you or become more than something "in your underwear". idk. i tried. not sure what kick's part means, and i dont speak french either.
I thought it was about raping someone (including murdering them). And then hiding.
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my friend michael made a cover of it.
i like it more than the original but the original one is still great.
here's the cover:
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enjoy!