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.
I wonder if she was too dead to care if I taste the blood of Christ. Her
heart was weak and frail. I'm drowning in the blood of Christ. Her tears
now overflow, falling on hollow ground. Muffled screams escape, the gag
tied around her mouth. I swallowed her soul, suffer this revenge under
my dead heart. I was the devil in her only nightmare, I was the devil in
her dreams. Now that she's not breathing, I've set my demons free. She
is not breathing. I'm drowning in the blood of Christ. Her corpse is
scarred with shame and tears. The sight induced my pain. This dead black
heart once fed the smile of a girl with no name. To take comfort in
yesterday's scars.
heart was weak and frail. I'm drowning in the blood of Christ. Her tears
now overflow, falling on hollow ground. Muffled screams escape, the gag
tied around her mouth. I swallowed her soul, suffer this revenge under
my dead heart. I was the devil in her only nightmare, I was the devil in
her dreams. Now that she's not breathing, I've set my demons free. She
is not breathing. I'm drowning in the blood of Christ. Her corpse is
scarred with shame and tears. The sight induced my pain. This dead black
heart once fed the smile of a girl with no name. To take comfort in
yesterday's scars.
Lyrics submitted by JoshGav
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By far one of my favorite tteotd songs i think this song is about, a guy turned to alchohol"Blood Of Christ" being wine but then he falls into alchoholism in which doing so he decides to rape and kill a random woman to relieve his pain , then procedes to rape and kill her in doing so his life of nothingness is rectified.Thats what i think, most tteotd songs contain the same theme.
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