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.
From the lonely, grey bricks of inaccessible places to the
Massive stones of a shared foundation
From a Mental clarity of inverted liberation to the
Intricate web
Forming ever-changing mazes
Numerically understanding east to west,
Only to snap in a single contraction
Failing to grasp what all should know best as a perfect
Circle of interaction
An electrical chamber of vast capacity,
Storing the pieces gathered by senses,
Pushing through filters to see if it cleanses anything
Leaning on intricacy
A matter of movements in a cul-de-sac
A set of sealed chambers - no compromising
Collecting raw data - defeat or attack
Remembering, storing and schematising
An electrical chamber of vast capacity,
Storing the pieces gathered by senses,
Forcing trough filters to see if it cleanses anything
Leaning on vivacity
The mind's electricity clearing the vanity,
Grasping the world through keyholes of sanity
Anything leaning on vivacity
Numbness in speech - not in visualisation - forms
Intricacy's silent coronation
An electrical chamber of vast capacity,
Storing the pieces gathered by senses,
Opening filters so that nothing cleanses all that is leaning
On complexity
Massive stones of a shared foundation
From a Mental clarity of inverted liberation to the
Intricate web
Forming ever-changing mazes
Numerically understanding east to west,
Only to snap in a single contraction
Failing to grasp what all should know best as a perfect
Circle of interaction
An electrical chamber of vast capacity,
Storing the pieces gathered by senses,
Pushing through filters to see if it cleanses anything
Leaning on intricacy
A matter of movements in a cul-de-sac
A set of sealed chambers - no compromising
Collecting raw data - defeat or attack
Remembering, storing and schematising
An electrical chamber of vast capacity,
Storing the pieces gathered by senses,
Forcing trough filters to see if it cleanses anything
Leaning on vivacity
The mind's electricity clearing the vanity,
Grasping the world through keyholes of sanity
Anything leaning on vivacity
Numbness in speech - not in visualisation - forms
Intricacy's silent coronation
An electrical chamber of vast capacity,
Storing the pieces gathered by senses,
Opening filters so that nothing cleanses all that is leaning
On complexity
Lyrics submitted by (shevanel)
Sealed Chambers of Electricity Lyrics as written by Oystein G Brun Lars Are Nedland
Lyrics © Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
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