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.
Go away
Give me a chance to miss you
Say goodbye
It'll make me want to kiss you
I love you so
Much more when you're not here
Watchin' all the bad shows
Drinking all of my beer
I don't believe Adam and Eve
Spent every goddamn day together
If you give me some room, there will be room enough for two (two)
Tonight
Leave me alone, I'm lonely
Alone I'm lonely
I'm tired
Leave me alone, I'm lonely
Alone I'm lonely tonight
I don't wanna wake up with another
But I don't wanna always wake up with you either
No, you can't hop into my shower
All I ask for is one fuckin' hour
You taste so sweet
But I can't eat the same thing every day
Cuttin' off the phone
Leave me the fuck alone
Tomorrow I'll be beggin' you to come home
Tonight
Leave me alone, I'm lonely
Alone I'm lonely
I'm tired
Leave me alone, I'm lonely
Alone I'm lonely tonight
Go away, come back
Go away, come back
Why can't I just have it both ways
Go away, come back
Go away, come back
I wish you knew the difference
Go away, come back
Go away
Give me a chance to miss you
Say goodbye
It'll make me want to kiss you
Go away
Give me a chance to miss you
Say goodbye
It'll make me want to kiss you
Go away
Give me a chance to miss you
Say goodbye
It'll make me want to kiss you
Tonight
Leave me alone, I'm lonely
Alone I'm lonely
I'm tired
Leave me alone, I'm lonely
Alone I'm lonely tonight
Leave me alone, I'm lonely
Alone I'm lonely
I'm tired
Leave me alone, I'm lonely
Alone I'm lonely tonight
Tonight (go away, give me a chance to miss you)
Say goodbye, it'll make me want to kiss you (leave me alone I'm lonely, alone I'm lonely)
I'm tired (go away, give me a chance to miss you)
Say goodbye, it'll make me want to kiss you (leave me alone I'm lonely, alone I'm lonely)
Go away
Give me a chance to miss you
Say goodbye
It'll make me want to kiss you
Give me a chance to miss you
Say goodbye
It'll make me want to kiss you
I love you so
Much more when you're not here
Watchin' all the bad shows
Drinking all of my beer
I don't believe Adam and Eve
Spent every goddamn day together
If you give me some room, there will be room enough for two (two)
Tonight
Leave me alone, I'm lonely
Alone I'm lonely
I'm tired
Leave me alone, I'm lonely
Alone I'm lonely tonight
I don't wanna wake up with another
But I don't wanna always wake up with you either
No, you can't hop into my shower
All I ask for is one fuckin' hour
You taste so sweet
But I can't eat the same thing every day
Cuttin' off the phone
Leave me the fuck alone
Tomorrow I'll be beggin' you to come home
Tonight
Leave me alone, I'm lonely
Alone I'm lonely
I'm tired
Leave me alone, I'm lonely
Alone I'm lonely tonight
Go away, come back
Go away, come back
Why can't I just have it both ways
Go away, come back
Go away, come back
I wish you knew the difference
Go away, come back
Go away
Give me a chance to miss you
Say goodbye
It'll make me want to kiss you
Go away
Give me a chance to miss you
Say goodbye
It'll make me want to kiss you
Go away
Give me a chance to miss you
Say goodbye
It'll make me want to kiss you
Tonight
Leave me alone, I'm lonely
Alone I'm lonely
I'm tired
Leave me alone, I'm lonely
Alone I'm lonely tonight
Leave me alone, I'm lonely
Alone I'm lonely
I'm tired
Leave me alone, I'm lonely
Alone I'm lonely tonight
Tonight (go away, give me a chance to miss you)
Say goodbye, it'll make me want to kiss you (leave me alone I'm lonely, alone I'm lonely)
I'm tired (go away, give me a chance to miss you)
Say goodbye, it'll make me want to kiss you (leave me alone I'm lonely, alone I'm lonely)
Go away
Give me a chance to miss you
Say goodbye
It'll make me want to kiss you
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"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
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I think it's about being in a relationship with someone, and it's serious, but she still wants her own space and her guy's getting a bit too into the whole 'together forever' thing. If he's around all the time she'll get sick of him, but if he stays away she'll miss him.