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 all part of it
This thoughtless world
A generation bought and sold
By our weak but through story copy-cat years
We've been taught to love this robotic formula
Built to please ignorant minds and cultured masses
We know the artists have failed us now
Stereo, stereo
Tired bullshit dressed in gold
Scan the youth, find the pieces
(Artists have failed us now)
Stereo, stereo
Hear the world that you've created
Fall to pieces
We're all bought and sold!
Radio waves will still transmit the same replica that wreaks of staleness and decay
Unless we resist, and open our eyes to this
Uniform and standard model they insist we consume
But our hearts have failed us now
Stereo, stereo
Tired bullshit dressed in gold
Scan the youth, find the pieces
(Our hearts have failed us now)
Stereo, stereo
Hear the world that you've created
Fall to pieces
But do we know
We've all been bought and sold
Yeah, bought and sold
We've all been bought and sold
Yeah, bought and sold
We've all been sold to a world that failed us
Stereo, stereo
Tired bullshit dressed in gold
Scan the youth, find the pieces
(Our hearts have failed us now)
Stereo, stereo
Hear the world that you've created
Fall to pieces
Stereo, stereo
Tired bullshit dressed in gold
Scan the youth, find the pieces
Stereo, stereo
Hear the world that you've created
Fall to pieces
We're all bought and sold, we're all bought and sold
We've been bought!
This thoughtless world
A generation bought and sold
By our weak but through story copy-cat years
We've been taught to love this robotic formula
Built to please ignorant minds and cultured masses
We know the artists have failed us now
Stereo, stereo
Tired bullshit dressed in gold
Scan the youth, find the pieces
(Artists have failed us now)
Stereo, stereo
Hear the world that you've created
Fall to pieces
We're all bought and sold!
Radio waves will still transmit the same replica that wreaks of staleness and decay
Unless we resist, and open our eyes to this
Uniform and standard model they insist we consume
But our hearts have failed us now
Stereo, stereo
Tired bullshit dressed in gold
Scan the youth, find the pieces
(Our hearts have failed us now)
Stereo, stereo
Hear the world that you've created
Fall to pieces
But do we know
We've all been bought and sold
Yeah, bought and sold
We've all been bought and sold
Yeah, bought and sold
We've all been sold to a world that failed us
Stereo, stereo
Tired bullshit dressed in gold
Scan the youth, find the pieces
(Our hearts have failed us now)
Stereo, stereo
Hear the world that you've created
Fall to pieces
Stereo, stereo
Tired bullshit dressed in gold
Scan the youth, find the pieces
Stereo, stereo
Hear the world that you've created
Fall to pieces
We're all bought and sold, we're all bought and sold
We've been bought!
Lyrics submitted by pewterblaze
Stereo Lyrics as written by Dan Marsala Adam Russell
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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We're all born within This thoughtless world A generation bought and sold By a reproduced, stolen, copied package We've been taught to love this robotic formula Built to please ignorant minds, uncultured masses Do we know, that our ears have failed us now?
Stereo, stereo Tired of bullshit dressed in gold Scan the youth, find the pieces (Our ears have failed us now) Stereo, stereo Hear the world that you've created Fall to pieces We're all bought and sold!
Radio waves still transmit the same Replica that wreaks of staleness and decay Unless we resist, and open our eyes to this Uniform and standard model they insist we consume Our hearts have failed us now
Stereo, stereo Tired of bullshit dressed in gold Scan the youth, find the pieces (Our hearts have failed us now) Stereo, stereo Hear the world that you've created Fall to pieces
But do we know WE'VE ALL BEEN BOUGHT AND SOLD YEAH, BOUGHT AND SOLD WE'VE ALL BEEN BOUGHT AND SOLD YEAH, BOUGHT AND SOLD We've all been sold to a world that failed us
Stereo, stereo Tired of bullshit dressed in gold Scan the youth, find the pieces (Our hearts have failed us now) Stereo, stereo Hear the world that you've created Fall to pieces
Stereo, stereo Tired of bullshit dressed in gold Scan the youth, find the pieces Stereo, stereo Hear the world that you've created Fall to pieces
We're all bought and sold, we're all bought and sold WE'VE BEEN BOUGHT!