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 can barely move, I can barely see where we're going now
The road is washed out from the river that flooded just north of town
We stick, stick, stick, stick to the plan we laid out, but we know the saying
The best, best, best, best plans of both mice and men can go terribly wrong, they probably will
So please, nobody speaks, nobody get any smart ideas
If we don't have any heroics we may just get out of here
And home to your families by dinner time, safely and soundly sleeping
‘cause we don't want trouble, we'll take what we came for and we'll leave quiet, or maybe we will
Tear you up, take what you love, and burn it down, burn it down
Nobody moves, nobody moves and no one gets hurt
Nobody opens their mouth and we have nothing to worry about
We'll keep, keep, keep, keep you alive ‘cause we always need bargaining chips
We'll keep, keep, keep, keep you alive ‘cause you're pretty, and we need something to look at while we
Tear you up, take what you love, and burn it down, and burn it down
You swear to build, we swear to come and burn it down, burn it down
Weighing the cost of the love you make
Measure again, yeah
Feeling the weight of the bones you break
Break them again, yeah
Wandering the halls ( … … )
Sinking our teeth into the wall for blood
( … … ) in magazines
Break all the locks without the combination
I know where you hid it, I consider it mine
Went to the ground without a planning or feeling
And keep me alert until the next valentine
Please cut me up, cut me apart and make me
The lover you wanted when you were young and asleep
And I'm fine when your youth burns like coal from a bottle
The lover you wanted while you waited so long
Weighing the cost of the love you make
Measure again, yeah
Feeling the weight of the bones you break
Break them again, yeah
Weighing the cost of the love you make
Measure again, yeah
Feeling the weight of the bones you break
Break them again, yeah
Weighing the cost of the love you make
Measure again, yeah
Feeling the weight of the bones you break
Break them again, yeah
Weighing the cost of the love you make
Measure again, yeah
Feeling the weight of the bones you break
Break them again, yeah
The road is washed out from the river that flooded just north of town
We stick, stick, stick, stick to the plan we laid out, but we know the saying
The best, best, best, best plans of both mice and men can go terribly wrong, they probably will
So please, nobody speaks, nobody get any smart ideas
If we don't have any heroics we may just get out of here
And home to your families by dinner time, safely and soundly sleeping
‘cause we don't want trouble, we'll take what we came for and we'll leave quiet, or maybe we will
Tear you up, take what you love, and burn it down, burn it down
Nobody moves, nobody moves and no one gets hurt
Nobody opens their mouth and we have nothing to worry about
We'll keep, keep, keep, keep you alive ‘cause we always need bargaining chips
We'll keep, keep, keep, keep you alive ‘cause you're pretty, and we need something to look at while we
Tear you up, take what you love, and burn it down, and burn it down
You swear to build, we swear to come and burn it down, burn it down
Weighing the cost of the love you make
Measure again, yeah
Feeling the weight of the bones you break
Break them again, yeah
Wandering the halls ( … … )
Sinking our teeth into the wall for blood
( … … ) in magazines
Break all the locks without the combination
I know where you hid it, I consider it mine
Went to the ground without a planning or feeling
And keep me alert until the next valentine
Please cut me up, cut me apart and make me
The lover you wanted when you were young and asleep
And I'm fine when your youth burns like coal from a bottle
The lover you wanted while you waited so long
Weighing the cost of the love you make
Measure again, yeah
Feeling the weight of the bones you break
Break them again, yeah
Weighing the cost of the love you make
Measure again, yeah
Feeling the weight of the bones you break
Break them again, yeah
Weighing the cost of the love you make
Measure again, yeah
Feeling the weight of the bones you break
Break them again, yeah
Weighing the cost of the love you make
Measure again, yeah
Feeling the weight of the bones you break
Break them again, yeah
Lyrics submitted by cato11087, edited by Mellow_Harsher, Blondiie, SephNite
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