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.
You've got the wings of a fallen angel
You offer peace if they praise your name
You live your life taking everything you can get
Look down, time to fly!
Life on the streets, you gamble with your own life
Only two things: you live or you die
Looking for fight, punishing guilty ones
You're playing Judge Dredd all the time
Always trying to make things right
Sometimes problems just multiply
He's peacemaker and'll see no crime
Bad guys win though it won't seem right
Eating a hotdog on the corner of Main and some street
You are a disciple of your own gun
No one to talk, you say "I am the only one
But I wonder I won't see the sun"
It's raining heavily and you don't have a dime
We see welfare, spend it all in one time
Must save your bullets, using them all the time
Yes, I am happy in...
Always trying to make things right
Sometimes problems just multiply
He's peacemaker and'll see no crime
Bad guys win though it won't seem right
You've got your fingers burning
How come your gun is turning?
You make them pray and then you calmly blow them away
Taking rebels to the street, no matter who you're gonna meet
Because Everybody knows that he is..
Always trying to make things right
Sometimes problems just multiply
He's peacemaker and'll see no crime
Bad guys win though it won't seem right
You offer peace if they praise your name
You live your life taking everything you can get
Look down, time to fly!
Life on the streets, you gamble with your own life
Only two things: you live or you die
Looking for fight, punishing guilty ones
You're playing Judge Dredd all the time
Always trying to make things right
Sometimes problems just multiply
He's peacemaker and'll see no crime
Bad guys win though it won't seem right
Eating a hotdog on the corner of Main and some street
You are a disciple of your own gun
No one to talk, you say "I am the only one
But I wonder I won't see the sun"
It's raining heavily and you don't have a dime
We see welfare, spend it all in one time
Must save your bullets, using them all the time
Yes, I am happy in...
Always trying to make things right
Sometimes problems just multiply
He's peacemaker and'll see no crime
Bad guys win though it won't seem right
You've got your fingers burning
How come your gun is turning?
You make them pray and then you calmly blow them away
Taking rebels to the street, no matter who you're gonna meet
Because Everybody knows that he is..
Always trying to make things right
Sometimes problems just multiply
He's peacemaker and'll see no crime
Bad guys win though it won't seem right
Lyrics submitted by ricoetc, edited by honestelk8
Peacemaker Lyrics as written by Marko Juhani Paasikoski Jani Allan Liimatainen
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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I love it too. It can go two ways from what I see. The clear meaning is that its about a vigilante doing their best to fight crime, but ends up making things worse. But, it can have a hidden meaning on how someone could try to make things in their life but because they don't know any better than their "gun" (something that they do know but it doesn't do any good) and just ends up making things worse.
I dunno, I think he's actually making a difference, but the bad guys winning is in reference to the government/ collection agencies making things harder for him as in he doesn't have anywheres to live, never has any money despite all the good he's been doing by making the streets safer.
A great song by Sonata Arctica.The reason being it is easy to understand the meaning because the concept seems to be centered around the vigilante character who takes justice into there own hands. There is one part in the song though that can get ya confused, which would be: "It's raining heavily and you don't have a dime We see welfare, spend it all in one time. must save your bullets, using them all the time Yes, I am happy in..." is it implying that the vigilante is living in poverty or was he planning on shooting those who live on welfare? It sounds to me he spent his last paycheck on bullets and he's saying to himself, "I can waste my bullets on deadbeats I must use them sparingly to exact my revenge." Kind of sounds messed up when you read this verse on it's own. Someone should really clarify this songs meaning in vast detail it would be interesting to know what this verse is trying to imply.
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You've got the wings of the fallen angel
You offer peace if they praise your name
You live your life taking everything you can get
Look out, time to fly
/
Life on the street is gamble with your own life
Only two things, you live or you die
Looking for fights, punishing guilty ones
You're playing Judge Dredd all the time
/
Always trying to make things right
Sometimes problems just multiply
He's peacemaker on scene of crime
Bad guys win, though it won't seem right
/
Eating hot-dog on the corner on main and some street
You are a disciple of your own gun
No one to talk, you say, I am the only one
In the dark I wonder, I won't see no sun
/
It's raining heavily and you don't have a dime
Receive welfare, spend it all at one time
Must have your bullets, using 'em all the time
Yes, I am happy in...
/
Always trying to make things right
Sometimes problems just multiply
He's peacemaker on scene of crime
Bad guys win, though it won't seem right
/
You've got your fingers burning
Roll on your gun is turning
You make 'em pray and then you calmly blow them away
Take your troubles to street, no matter who you're gonna meet
'cause ev'rybody knows that he is...
/
Always trying to make things right
Sometimes problems just multiply
He's peacemaker on scene of crime
Bad guys win, though it won't seem right