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.
Kanransha ni hitori de kurashiteru
Daikirai na sekai o mioroshite
(All alone on the ferris wheel
Looking down on the world I hate so much)
Matteta n da Kimi to deau hi o
Kashikomatta hizashi ni kogenagara
Boku dake no mado o hiraide
Matteta n da Koko de kou naru hi o
(I was waiting for the day you and I would meet
I sat up straight in the sunbeams, and they burned me
I opened the window meant just for me
I was waiting for a day like that to come here)
Te o nobashitemo
Mukuwaranai jidai
Sukuwaranai mirai
Kimi to kisu shite warai-korogeru
(Even reaching out my hands
It's an age that gives no rewards
A future that gives no salvation
Peals of my laughter would come at just a kiss with you)
Satte ita renchuu no ashiato ni
Kikime no nai jumon de shukufuku o
Karuku natta atama de utaitai
Tatta hitori kimi wa boku no mikata
(In the footsteps of those who have gone before
I want to chant, with my swimming head,
A blessing with that ineffectual charm
I've just one ally and that is you )
Me o kaketetara
Tsukisasatte itai
Kaze no togatta yoru
Kimi to kisu shite warai-korogeru
(If I were to keep my eyes open
They'd be hurt
By the wind which pierces the night
Peals of my laughter would come at just a kiss with you)
Futari douji ni
Yume de mita no sa
Umare-kawatta jidai
Niji no kakatta mirai
Kimi to kisu shite naite shimatta
(The two of us
Dreamt at the same time
Of an age reborn
A future with a rainbow hung in the sky
At just a kiss with you, I came to tears)
Matteta n da Kimi to deau hi o
(I was waiting for the day you and I would meet.)
Daikirai na sekai o mioroshite
(All alone on the ferris wheel
Looking down on the world I hate so much)
Matteta n da Kimi to deau hi o
Kashikomatta hizashi ni kogenagara
Boku dake no mado o hiraide
Matteta n da Koko de kou naru hi o
(I was waiting for the day you and I would meet
I sat up straight in the sunbeams, and they burned me
I opened the window meant just for me
I was waiting for a day like that to come here)
Te o nobashitemo
Mukuwaranai jidai
Sukuwaranai mirai
Kimi to kisu shite warai-korogeru
(Even reaching out my hands
It's an age that gives no rewards
A future that gives no salvation
Peals of my laughter would come at just a kiss with you)
Satte ita renchuu no ashiato ni
Kikime no nai jumon de shukufuku o
Karuku natta atama de utaitai
Tatta hitori kimi wa boku no mikata
(In the footsteps of those who have gone before
I want to chant, with my swimming head,
A blessing with that ineffectual charm
I've just one ally and that is you )
Me o kaketetara
Tsukisasatte itai
Kaze no togatta yoru
Kimi to kisu shite warai-korogeru
(If I were to keep my eyes open
They'd be hurt
By the wind which pierces the night
Peals of my laughter would come at just a kiss with you)
Futari douji ni
Yume de mita no sa
Umare-kawatta jidai
Niji no kakatta mirai
Kimi to kisu shite naite shimatta
(The two of us
Dreamt at the same time
Of an age reborn
A future with a rainbow hung in the sky
At just a kiss with you, I came to tears)
Matteta n da Kimi to deau hi o
(I was waiting for the day you and I would meet.)
Lyrics submitted by Relinquo1
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