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.
Dying a child
Child prey
Kiss me deadly.
Kiss Me Kill Me Love Me.
Kiss Me Kill Me Love Me.
Hurry & May!
The reason why one can't laugh from the heart--
It's a simple reason:
That's life.
Kiss me deadly.
Kiss Me Kill Me Love Me.
Kiss Me Kill Me Love Me.
Child is A Burning.
Kiss me deadly.
Kiss me deadly
Kiss Me Kill Me Love Me.
Kiss Me Kill Me Love Me.
Child prey
Kiss me deadly.
Kiss Me Kill Me Love Me.
Kiss Me Kill Me Love Me.
Hurry & May!
The reason why one can't laugh from the heart--
It's a simple reason:
That's life.
Kiss me deadly.
Kiss Me Kill Me Love Me.
Kiss Me Kill Me Love Me.
Child is A Burning.
Kiss me deadly.
Kiss me deadly
Kiss Me Kill Me Love Me.
Kiss Me Kill Me Love Me.
Lyrics submitted by little_warumono, edited by itsabreakdown
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This is a really great song!
This is a really great song!
wow this was the very first song i ever heard by them, i was at an anime convention and there was a Jrock video screening and i saw this and thats when i fell in love with DeG....anyways i still get confused sometimes by waht Kyo-kun is saying, he's got an AMAZING voice but a little obscure at times...not really much to say about this one tho...really what you see is what it is. it may have some deep meaning but whatever, i dont really see it. maybe i need to listen to it another million times and figure it out lol.
Amazing song :)
I love this song too. I confess I didn´t like it so much at the first time I heard it (how stupid I can be!!!). But now... Now, it is one of my favorite DeG´s songs...
Does anybody see "Mickey Mouse´s ears" on Child Prey´s PV? It´s awesome!!! (I love their mouses -> DeG´s mouses ^^)
anyone know the japanese lyrics?
This is one of the most awesome songs I've heard by these dudes. I do, however, believe the lyrics for the chorus look something like this:
Kiss me deadly Kiss me kill me love me Kiss me kill me love me
But that's just me...
UWAH! this song is EXCELLENT!!!!!
also, killswitch916 yeah that is the correct chorus as far as i know....maybe i dont know squat. but thats what i've seen in the past...
no idea but i did used to watch tons of anime. but i should check it out