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.
You’d sit and wait, restricted
You bit my bait- greatly predicted
You saw the wicked side of me lifted
Knew I was gifted laid me to drift
Used you like a stick
Stable like brick
The quick fix, had no time for the fickle shit
The deadly mix, nineteen and twenty six
You named it age
I thought our brain waves had never clicked
For true, realised what I had to pursue
Energised had no time to let love rule
You knew
And that’s why you left me
And it's all in the hands
Of something bigger than
We can understand
It's all in the plan
One day you’ll understand
It's bigger than you ever imagined
I knew what I wanted to do with no doubt
I’ll shout about it till I’m blue
I knew you could never believe in me
It’s not in your nature to
Oh I had a hunch that you’d run away
Run with my love
Oh I had a hundred different things to do
And you knew
And that’s why you left me
And it's all in the hands
Of something bigger than
We can understand
It's all in the plan
One day you’ll understand
It's bigger than you ever imagined
You sat there trapped with your energy
You saw me as your only remedy
Sending me genuine loving but you were smothering me
I don’t wanna cry now you’ve left me
It’s all meant to be I don’t wanna intervene
No, I see what I can retrieve from you leaving
I don’t wanna grieve
I wanna be spiritually freed
I see ahead of me, treding wearily
Gotta keep on moving
And get where im meana be
All your jealousy like a prophesy
Blocking what I had internally
Inevitably its just meanna be
Leave me see what I can achieve
It was easy loving you loving me
Can’t you see I’m alright I’m alright I’m alright
And it's all in the hands
Of something bigger than
We can understand
It's all in the plan
One day you’ll understand
It's bigger than you ever imagined
You bit my bait- greatly predicted
You saw the wicked side of me lifted
Knew I was gifted laid me to drift
Used you like a stick
Stable like brick
The quick fix, had no time for the fickle shit
The deadly mix, nineteen and twenty six
You named it age
I thought our brain waves had never clicked
For true, realised what I had to pursue
Energised had no time to let love rule
You knew
And that’s why you left me
And it's all in the hands
Of something bigger than
We can understand
It's all in the plan
One day you’ll understand
It's bigger than you ever imagined
I knew what I wanted to do with no doubt
I’ll shout about it till I’m blue
I knew you could never believe in me
It’s not in your nature to
Oh I had a hunch that you’d run away
Run with my love
Oh I had a hundred different things to do
And you knew
And that’s why you left me
And it's all in the hands
Of something bigger than
We can understand
It's all in the plan
One day you’ll understand
It's bigger than you ever imagined
You sat there trapped with your energy
You saw me as your only remedy
Sending me genuine loving but you were smothering me
I don’t wanna cry now you’ve left me
It’s all meant to be I don’t wanna intervene
No, I see what I can retrieve from you leaving
I don’t wanna grieve
I wanna be spiritually freed
I see ahead of me, treding wearily
Gotta keep on moving
And get where im meana be
All your jealousy like a prophesy
Blocking what I had internally
Inevitably its just meanna be
Leave me see what I can achieve
It was easy loving you loving me
Can’t you see I’m alright I’m alright I’m alright
And it's all in the hands
Of something bigger than
We can understand
It's all in the plan
One day you’ll understand
It's bigger than you ever imagined
Lyrics submitted by pippilotta
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