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.
Everyone is up in my face
need to get out of this place
it's hard to see with you in front of my face
just another perfect day
acting like they wanna talk to me
so fake yet so friendly
My eyes can see even the back of me
won't you just let me be
'Cause everyone is falling away
feel like they're stolen from me
wish everything didn't happen to me
all I want is faith, love and happiness
Every time one runs away another one's returning
I wish everyone
could just see your face
Faith, love, and happiness
It seems everyone is up in my space
like it's the American way
I run in case somebody takes my place
just another change of pace
I know you think you know a lot about me
but so many wanna doubt me
that my eyes can even see
even the back of me
won't you just let me be
'Cause everyone is falling away
feel like they're stolen from me
wish everything didn't happen to me
all I want is faith, love and happiness
Every time one runs away, another one's returning
I wish everyone
could just see your face
Faith, love, and happiness
Every which way I turn I've got
the option of a million choices
every single word I say is
Judged by a million critics
Every which way you turn you've got
the sound of a million voices
Every single move you make is
torn by a million cynics
When will we all see the light of day?
I don't know
'Cause everyone is falling away
feel like they're stolen from me
wish everything didn't happen to me
all I want is faith, love and happiness
Every time one runs away, another one's returning
I wish everyone
could just see your face
Faith, love, and happiness
need to get out of this place
it's hard to see with you in front of my face
just another perfect day
acting like they wanna talk to me
so fake yet so friendly
My eyes can see even the back of me
won't you just let me be
'Cause everyone is falling away
feel like they're stolen from me
wish everything didn't happen to me
all I want is faith, love and happiness
Every time one runs away another one's returning
I wish everyone
could just see your face
Faith, love, and happiness
It seems everyone is up in my space
like it's the American way
I run in case somebody takes my place
just another change of pace
I know you think you know a lot about me
but so many wanna doubt me
that my eyes can even see
even the back of me
won't you just let me be
'Cause everyone is falling away
feel like they're stolen from me
wish everything didn't happen to me
all I want is faith, love and happiness
Every time one runs away, another one's returning
I wish everyone
could just see your face
Faith, love, and happiness
Every which way I turn I've got
the option of a million choices
every single word I say is
Judged by a million critics
Every which way you turn you've got
the sound of a million voices
Every single move you make is
torn by a million cynics
When will we all see the light of day?
I don't know
'Cause everyone is falling away
feel like they're stolen from me
wish everything didn't happen to me
all I want is faith, love and happiness
Every time one runs away, another one's returning
I wish everyone
could just see your face
Faith, love, and happiness
Lyrics submitted by Super_devil
Faith, Love and Happiness Lyrics as written by Joel Bruyere Aaron Sprinkle
Lyrics © Capitol CMG Publishing
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wow..no comments great song. i reckon its about peer pressure from so called 'friends' but thats just me.
Yeah, I think it's about peer pressure and how people will be your friends, then not talk to you for a while and completely ignore you -- then come right back and expect you to just be there, you know?
It's a great song though,
The first verse is about all those people, who act like everything's okay, when it's not, and the second one is about the rat race and fame, I think. The boy hates living in his society, 'cause it's distracting him from the real problems and from the good things in life.
I can relate. I am a loner in real life, I do not think I fit in. Everyone acts like they wanna talk to me, "So fake yet so friendly." I have friends, but " everyone is falling away, feel like they're stolen from me." They fall into their own groups, and I don't try to fit in. Most things go wrong for me in my social life; when i try to ask a crush out, I always fail, stuff like that. It leads to lower self esteem. "Wish everything didn't happen to me, all I want is faith, love and happiness." "Every time one runs away another one's returning" to me means that when they all leave, someone just comes back anyways. When everyone leaves, I just wanna see them again.
" I know you think you know a lot about me, but so many wanna doubt me. " This means, of course, they think they know me, but they don't. I haven't shown many people my cheerful, nice guy side (You would call me depressed). They see a weird or sad side to me, and they judge me by that, they want to doubt me. "My eyes can see even the back of me, won't you just let me be." They laugh and make fun of me behind my back, I know what they do, can't they just leave me alone!?
"Every which way I turn I've got the option of a million choices, every single word I say is judged by a million critics. Every which way you turn you hear the sound of a million voices. Every single move you make is torn by a million cynics. When will we all see the light of day? I don't know. " Everywhere I go I've got so many options, everything I say is judged by them, I hear they're voices everywhere, When will we all see the light?
I guess it could be peer pressure, or it could be like my life describes it, I don't know.