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.
There are many things I'm tired of
That's what she said
So she took out a knife
And said off with my head
What's the use in knowing that the rest of me is dead
What good is a brain if it's all you got left
There's a part that you have missed
Don't need proof that I exist
You don't know I'm far away
From those awful things you say
What you put at the top of the neck to replace the skull
A balloon that you found at the shopping mall
Took out a pen, drew on a happy face
Now she walks around like her own parade
There are words you'll never hear
You've got poison in your ear
You don't know I'm far away
From those awful things you say
Come on I want a new reason to feel
(Are you sick of your skin)
A way to know that all I see is real
(Here's a bag to bury you in)
Free from all your toxic melody
(You've got a lot of nerve)
Free from all the sadness that I see
(And you'll get what you deserve)
Sing me something good this time
Tired of wicked lullabies
You don't know I'm far away
From those awful things you say
Sing me something good this time
(I'm not your time bomb baby)
Tired of wicked lullabies
(I've got no fuse)
You don't know I'm far away
(Go ahead and call me crazy)
From those awful things you say
(But that's over-used)
That's what she said
So she took out a knife
And said off with my head
What's the use in knowing that the rest of me is dead
What good is a brain if it's all you got left
There's a part that you have missed
Don't need proof that I exist
You don't know I'm far away
From those awful things you say
What you put at the top of the neck to replace the skull
A balloon that you found at the shopping mall
Took out a pen, drew on a happy face
Now she walks around like her own parade
There are words you'll never hear
You've got poison in your ear
You don't know I'm far away
From those awful things you say
Come on I want a new reason to feel
(Are you sick of your skin)
A way to know that all I see is real
(Here's a bag to bury you in)
Free from all your toxic melody
(You've got a lot of nerve)
Free from all the sadness that I see
(And you'll get what you deserve)
Sing me something good this time
Tired of wicked lullabies
You don't know I'm far away
From those awful things you say
Sing me something good this time
(I'm not your time bomb baby)
Tired of wicked lullabies
(I've got no fuse)
You don't know I'm far away
(Go ahead and call me crazy)
From those awful things you say
(But that's over-used)
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The whole song is about how people are blindly walking around listening to the administration, whereas the narrator in this is staying distant,<br /> <br /> "What you put at the top of the neck to replace the skull<br /> A balloon that you found at the shopping mall<br /> Took out a pen, drew on a happy face<br /> Now she walks around like her own parade<br /> There are words you'll never hear<br /> You've got poison in your ear<br /> You don't know I'm far away<br /> From those awful things you say"