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.
We're going home now,
We sit in a row,
In a silent row,
In the back seat, you know.
Dad is driving.
And the passenger's seat is empty you know,
No meeting cars on the road.
We're going home,
From a funeral.
Relatives and friends,
There were just a few of them.
People with gray faces,
Have their hankercheifs in case of crying.
My dry eyelashes like cultures to a stache,
Do you know how huge it was?
Snowflakes are falling,
While the snow on the ground is melting away,
Makes the field brownish-gray.
Dad is driving.
And the state of the road is quite good you know,
The streetlamps lit on this road.
And every road,
Goes from a funeral.
I thought inside my head,
Does it matter if it's true or not?
Communities with houses,
There are life in all these houses,
They're sleeping there.
And if the neighbors feel alright,
In every window there is light,
Dim, peaceful light.
In livingroom and kitchen,
Men and women making wishes,
That won't come through.
They won't stop their choke to chuckle,
But everyone stops because my juvenile smile is now,
Away!
We sit in a row,
In a silent row,
In the back seat, you know.
Dad is driving.
And the passenger's seat is empty you know,
No meeting cars on the road.
We're going home,
From a funeral.
Relatives and friends,
There were just a few of them.
People with gray faces,
Have their hankercheifs in case of crying.
My dry eyelashes like cultures to a stache,
Do you know how huge it was?
Snowflakes are falling,
While the snow on the ground is melting away,
Makes the field brownish-gray.
Dad is driving.
And the state of the road is quite good you know,
The streetlamps lit on this road.
And every road,
Goes from a funeral.
I thought inside my head,
Does it matter if it's true or not?
Communities with houses,
There are life in all these houses,
They're sleeping there.
And if the neighbors feel alright,
In every window there is light,
Dim, peaceful light.
In livingroom and kitchen,
Men and women making wishes,
That won't come through.
They won't stop their choke to chuckle,
But everyone stops because my juvenile smile is now,
Away!
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