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.
Watch somebody fall from grace
When there's nobody there to take their place
You can't help but feel alone
They left you to your own device
There was nobody to tell you to think twice
You can't help but feel alone
All the times we were losing sight
There's no tunnel, there's no light at all
this could be someone you know
The times we felt all the pain was real
We couldn't help the way we feel, come on
This could be someone you know
This life keeps coming,this life
This life keeps coming on and on
this life keeps coming, this life
This life keeps coming on and on
Take my soul I'm, take my soul I'm
Breaking my heart I'm ready, ready, ready, when you are
Take my soul I'm break my heart I'm ready ready ready!
Take my soul I'm, break my heart I'm ready, ready, ready.
Watch somebody turn away
You've wanted all of your life to see one day
You can't help but feel alone
All the times we were losing sight
There's no shadows, there's no light, come on
This could be someone you know
When there's nobody there to take their place
You can't help but feel alone
They left you to your own device
There was nobody to tell you to think twice
You can't help but feel alone
All the times we were losing sight
There's no tunnel, there's no light at all
this could be someone you know
The times we felt all the pain was real
We couldn't help the way we feel, come on
This could be someone you know
This life keeps coming,this life
This life keeps coming on and on
this life keeps coming, this life
This life keeps coming on and on
Take my soul I'm, take my soul I'm
Breaking my heart I'm ready, ready, ready, when you are
Take my soul I'm break my heart I'm ready ready ready!
Take my soul I'm, break my heart I'm ready, ready, ready.
Watch somebody turn away
You've wanted all of your life to see one day
You can't help but feel alone
All the times we were losing sight
There's no shadows, there's no light, come on
This could be someone you know
Lyrics submitted by superichie
Like Someone You Know Lyrics as written by Joshua Colbert John Bunch
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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I havn't heard this song yet, I'll have to download it . . this song depends on your perspective and once you have an opinion, its self explanatory
You can't help but feel alone All the times we were losing sight There's no tunnel, there's no light at all
just a thought .
This song is great...pretty self explanitory. It is about people looking out for one another and stepping in when they seem to be loosing control of their lives. It's about helping them out, ya know?
This song makes no sense in a secular point of view… but if you take a look at it from a Christian perspective its kind of obvious as any Christian would know it our job as a Christian to try and save as many people as possible from hell.
This song is about a (Christian) person that is watching his/her friend fall from grace (God) after their friend’s death.
“There was nobody to tell you to think twice, You can't help but feel alone” means no one told this friend what would happen after he/she dies without accepting Jesus into there heart.
“There's no tunnel, there's no light at all” means this friend is divinity dead and not going to heaven (the tunnel with a light at the end… like the saying “don’t walk toward the light”).
“This could be someone you know, The times we felt all the pain was real, We couldn't help the way we feel, come on, This could be someone you know, This life keeps coming, this life, This life keeps coming on and on” is about the Christian person, who feels bad about his loss. But that life goes on.
And then the next verse is about him/her giving his/her heart/soul back to god and acknowledging his belief.
Woops I meant definitely not divinity in my last post…