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 took everything you said
Harder than we should
Are we wanting more
Than to try to sell you out
Are you one
he's trying to say we can't
Yes I can
And you can't have all that you want
Yes I can
And when your wrong I'm still not right
sign it off
And throw it back against the wall
You asked me how
And what if I resent you now
And what if I can't trust
In anything you say
you're trying to say we can't
Yes I can
You can't have all that you want
Yes I can
And when your wrong I'm still not right
let's start again
Replace it
Let's start again
Erase it
So move along and face it
you trying to say we can't
Yes I can
You can't have all that you want
Yes I can
And when your wrong I'm still not right
Harder than we should
Are we wanting more
Than to try to sell you out
Are you one
he's trying to say we can't
Yes I can
And you can't have all that you want
Yes I can
And when your wrong I'm still not right
sign it off
And throw it back against the wall
You asked me how
And what if I resent you now
And what if I can't trust
In anything you say
you're trying to say we can't
Yes I can
You can't have all that you want
Yes I can
And when your wrong I'm still not right
let's start again
Replace it
Let's start again
Erase it
So move along and face it
you trying to say we can't
Yes I can
You can't have all that you want
Yes I can
And when your wrong I'm still not right
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so... is this about lost? cause thats an awesome show. and moneen's an awesome band. put them together and you have pure kickassedness. yeah, thats a real word. look it up.
song is def about lost, the line about trust and lets start again. its all about locke's character
this song fuckin kills
the title may be inspired by lost, but i have trouble seeing how the song itself is about lost. in the booklet kenny said every song meant something, and unless they were really into lost i don't see why they'd write a song about it. but who knows?
No, i highly doubt that the song's about Lost. But i don't think the title's totally random either. It just basically encompasses the 'Yes I can' attitude that Locke has.
"what if i resent you now, what if i can't trust in anything you said"
damnit it didn't post the whole thing
eh, i don't think the title's totally random. It just basically encompasses the 'Yes I can' attitude that Locke has.
"what if i resent you now, what if i can't trust in anything you said" .... I mean c'mon, Locke's dad conned him and took his liver. I would resent that.
"Let's start again, erase it. Let's start again, replace it. Start moving on and face it." .... Like Locke told Shannon/Boone, the island's a chance to start over. Everyone gets a new life.
And yes, i have thought about this too much, but it's one of my favorite bands and my favorite tv show.. it rocks!! haha
the moneen boys loooove lost. so i'm sure they got a bit of inspiration from it, but it's not about the show per se.
I'd say Jellybrick has the right idea. The Moneen guys are probably writing about Lockes relationship in general and how he cant let go of the past and trust people anymore. I'm sure the guys in moneen have the same problems, cause i know i do, and most people do. oh yeah, AMAZING tv show, and awesome new cd, just got it
locke is a philosopher for crying out loud this song has nothing to do with lost.
my favorite song by them, it pretty much says to never quit no matter how hard something can be