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 got a hand
So I got a fist
So I got a plan
It's the best that I can do
Now we'll say it is in God's hands
But God doesn't always have the best goddamn plans, does he?
I ain't quite the beauty
Who holds up two guns and shoots at the pretty, pretty view, I
Gotta keep thinking, things of hunters and kings
To block out the view, I gotta get
A new bell to ring
A new song to sing
A steady hand to ring
A readiness of things, a new
Plan to bring to the people
People, I can trick 'em into thinking anything, 'cause you know
For us it's just right in the light
It's gold, it's gold
And you know
I got water and holes in my hands
I'm a digger of holes in a land of holes
And you know
It's the easiest way
And you know
It's the easiest way
And you know
It's the easiest way
And you know
It's the easiest way, hey
So I go
La la la la la la
La la la la la la
La la la la la la
I got water and I got holes, oh
La la la la la la
Sons and daughters of hungry ghosts, oh
La la la la la la
I got water and I got holes, oh
La la la la la la
Sons and daughters of hungry ghosts, of ghosts, so
La la la la la la
I got water and I got holes, oh
La la la la la la
Uh, sons and daughters of hungry ghosts, of ghosts, so
(La la la la la la)
I got a hand
So I got a fist
So I got a plan
It's the best I can do
Say it is in God's hands (La la la la la la)
But God doesn't always have the best goddamn plans, does he? Sing
La la la la la la
I can't believe in the guns
I can't believe in the view
Ah sing, sing, sing
La la la la la la
I can't believe in those hunter and kings
You sing
La la la la la la
I got a new plan to bring
I got a new song to sing, it goes
La la la la la la
I got a new plan to bring, and you know
And you know
It's the easiest way (La la la la la la)
And you know
It's the easiest way (La la la la la la)
And you know
It's the easiest way (La la la la la la)
And you know
It's the easiest way, hey (La la la la la la)
So I go
So I got a fist
So I got a plan
It's the best that I can do
Now we'll say it is in God's hands
But God doesn't always have the best goddamn plans, does he?
I ain't quite the beauty
Who holds up two guns and shoots at the pretty, pretty view, I
Gotta keep thinking, things of hunters and kings
To block out the view, I gotta get
A new bell to ring
A new song to sing
A steady hand to ring
A readiness of things, a new
Plan to bring to the people
People, I can trick 'em into thinking anything, 'cause you know
For us it's just right in the light
It's gold, it's gold
And you know
I got water and holes in my hands
I'm a digger of holes in a land of holes
And you know
It's the easiest way
And you know
It's the easiest way
And you know
It's the easiest way
And you know
It's the easiest way, hey
So I go
La la la la la la
La la la la la la
La la la la la la
I got water and I got holes, oh
La la la la la la
Sons and daughters of hungry ghosts, oh
La la la la la la
I got water and I got holes, oh
La la la la la la
Sons and daughters of hungry ghosts, of ghosts, so
La la la la la la
I got water and I got holes, oh
La la la la la la
Uh, sons and daughters of hungry ghosts, of ghosts, so
(La la la la la la)
I got a hand
So I got a fist
So I got a plan
It's the best I can do
Say it is in God's hands (La la la la la la)
But God doesn't always have the best goddamn plans, does he? Sing
La la la la la la
I can't believe in the guns
I can't believe in the view
Ah sing, sing, sing
La la la la la la
I can't believe in those hunter and kings
You sing
La la la la la la
I got a new plan to bring
I got a new song to sing, it goes
La la la la la la
I got a new plan to bring, and you know
And you know
It's the easiest way (La la la la la la)
And you know
It's the easiest way (La la la la la la)
And you know
It's the easiest way (La la la la la la)
And you know
It's the easiest way, hey (La la la la la la)
So I go
Lyrics submitted by artblot, edited by kalvingr, xtreme2252
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So at the risk of being the guy that thinks everything is about world leaders and war... I'm going to agree with Diamond Bollocks and say my best guess is the song is about our leaders and war.
My best guesses: He's calling some leaders hungry ghosts because they have an insatiable thirst for power just like the hungry ghosts he described are always hungry and thirsty "So I got a fist / So I got a plan" points to war. Hunters and kings sounds like power hungry world leaders as Diamond points out. Talk of new plans for the people and tricking people etc.. Digger of holes in the land == bombs? Not sure on that one.