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.
Well I saw you with your hands above your head
Spinning around, trying not to look down
But you did and you fell hard, on the ground
And you stumbled around for a good ten minutes
And I said I'd never seen anyone look so dumb before
And you laughed and said I still know how to turn you on though
You're the only one who
Drags me kicking and screaming through fast dreams
And you're the only one who
Knows exactly what I mean
And I probably forgot to tell you this
Like that time when I forgot to tell you about the scar
Remember how uncomfortable that made you feel?
See you're not what I expected
But you're the only one who knows how to handle me
And you're such a great kisser and I know that you agree
And you're the only one who
Drags me kicking and screaming through fast dreams
You're the only one who
Knows exactly what I mean
I hope you can forgive me for that time
When I put my hand between your legs
And I said it was small, because its really not at all
I guess there's just a part of me that likes to bring you down
Just to keep you around, because the day that you realise
How amazing you are you're gonna leave me
You're the only one who
Holds my hair back when I'm drunk and get sick
You're the only one who
Knows exactly what I mean yeah
You're the only one who
Drags me kicking and screaming through fast dreams
And you're the only one who
Knows exactly what I mean, exactly what I mean
Well I saw you with your hands above your head
Spinning around, trying not to look down
But you did and you fell hard on the ground
Spinning around, trying not to look down
But you did and you fell hard, on the ground
And you stumbled around for a good ten minutes
And I said I'd never seen anyone look so dumb before
And you laughed and said I still know how to turn you on though
You're the only one who
Drags me kicking and screaming through fast dreams
And you're the only one who
Knows exactly what I mean
And I probably forgot to tell you this
Like that time when I forgot to tell you about the scar
Remember how uncomfortable that made you feel?
See you're not what I expected
But you're the only one who knows how to handle me
And you're such a great kisser and I know that you agree
And you're the only one who
Drags me kicking and screaming through fast dreams
You're the only one who
Knows exactly what I mean
I hope you can forgive me for that time
When I put my hand between your legs
And I said it was small, because its really not at all
I guess there's just a part of me that likes to bring you down
Just to keep you around, because the day that you realise
How amazing you are you're gonna leave me
You're the only one who
Holds my hair back when I'm drunk and get sick
You're the only one who
Knows exactly what I mean yeah
You're the only one who
Drags me kicking and screaming through fast dreams
And you're the only one who
Knows exactly what I mean, exactly what I mean
Well I saw you with your hands above your head
Spinning around, trying not to look down
But you did and you fell hard on the ground
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I Love this song because it desceribes how i feel about Matt because i love him with all my heart! I mLOVE HIM!! <3 u matt ;-) 1-5-03