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.
So far from me he stands, a man known as disease,
He's shaking all the hands of the people that he meets,
And now,
You just don't see me anymore,
Oh I've been losing everything,
You just don't see me anymore,
I'll wait for it.
You could be,
I would wait for the chance,
Would i go? Would I ever see?
That I know the things you say, when you, you say everything,
I don't need much, but I know that its not enough.
Oh and you know its such a drag,
You live your life for a heart attack,
You live the things that you understand
You don't want to get, I don't want to know,
I just can't see the way it been.
So go, would you go?, would you go?, Would you ever want to fall?
Would I know?, would I know?, would I want to make it down?
Would you say?, would you say?, what you never want to.
Don't want to go, want to go, want to know just what I....
I could use this,
What you forget all the things that you said,
But you don't want to wait for the time,
I was out of line,
I don't want to wait,
Would you stay, Would you ever stay, yeah
And don't you know its such a drag,
You live your life for a heart attack,
You live your life for a heart attack
You'd ever going to get this way, I just can't slip away anymore,
Oh I've been losing everything,
You just don't see me anymore...
He's shaking all the hands of the people that he meets,
And now,
You just don't see me anymore,
Oh I've been losing everything,
You just don't see me anymore,
I'll wait for it.
You could be,
I would wait for the chance,
Would i go? Would I ever see?
That I know the things you say, when you, you say everything,
I don't need much, but I know that its not enough.
Oh and you know its such a drag,
You live your life for a heart attack,
You live the things that you understand
You don't want to get, I don't want to know,
I just can't see the way it been.
So go, would you go?, would you go?, Would you ever want to fall?
Would I know?, would I know?, would I want to make it down?
Would you say?, would you say?, what you never want to.
Don't want to go, want to go, want to know just what I....
I could use this,
What you forget all the things that you said,
But you don't want to wait for the time,
I was out of line,
I don't want to wait,
Would you stay, Would you ever stay, yeah
And don't you know its such a drag,
You live your life for a heart attack,
You live your life for a heart attack
You'd ever going to get this way, I just can't slip away anymore,
Oh I've been losing everything,
You just don't see me anymore...
Lyrics submitted by opivy7898
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