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.
The colors were burning up his eyes
The bright lights of the city fade
Taking the chase to cover up your eyes
The white moon cast in space
Ooh, something's not right
I can feel it inside
Something's not right
You, you, you, you
You will take the breath from my throat
And you, you, you, you
You will take the challenge, we go about our war
Come inside
You will be one of us painless, one of us brainless
Go to sleep, this won't hurt a bit
Shifting your shape to ourselves
Ooh, something's not right
I can feel it inside
Something's not right
You, you, you, you
You will take the breath from my throat
And you, you, you, you
You will take the challenge, we go about our war
And they will try to make us forget ourselves
One by one, one by one
Call me crazy but they are after us
One by one, one by one
They are after us, I swear
Do you believe it, I believe it too
The bright lights of the city fade
Taking the chase to cover up your eyes
The white moon cast in space
Ooh, something's not right
I can feel it inside
Something's not right
You, you, you, you
You will take the breath from my throat
And you, you, you, you
You will take the challenge, we go about our war
Come inside
You will be one of us painless, one of us brainless
Go to sleep, this won't hurt a bit
Shifting your shape to ourselves
Ooh, something's not right
I can feel it inside
Something's not right
You, you, you, you
You will take the breath from my throat
And you, you, you, you
You will take the challenge, we go about our war
And they will try to make us forget ourselves
One by one, one by one
Call me crazy but they are after us
One by one, one by one
They are after us, I swear
Do you believe it, I believe it too
Lyrics submitted by thursdaynight
Invasion Lyrics as written by Sherri Dupree Chauntelle Dupree
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this song is sooo chilling and errie, i love it. im not sure the lyrics are totaly corect, but i know that it's about alien invasion. sherri and stacy were inspired to write it after reading the book invasion of the body snatchers.
I love this song too! It was so amaizng live.
this really reminds me of war of the worlds :/
this really reminds me of war of the worlds :/
Lots of these lyrics are wrong. Sherri posted the correct ones on the Eisley forum.
the colorless words are burning our heels as the bright lights of the city fade taking the chase to curb our fear as the bloodless moon cast's it's face
oh something's not right, i can feel it inside
you would take the breath from my throat and you would take the cherished people that i hold
all in time you will be one of us painless, us blameless go to sleep, this wont hurt a bit shifting your shape to our shells
and they will try to make us forget ourselves one by one one by one call me crazy but they are after us one by one one by one you don't have to know the truth if you believe it, i believe it too
oh something's not right, i can feel it inside
you would take the breath from my throat and you would take the cherished people that i hold
well it could be about alien but the aliens could be the people that want to see you down don't want to see you shinning like you should be for example: "the colorless words are burning our heels as the bright lights of the city fade" like when you see everything with color and something bad happen you start seeing everything dark and sad
something like this is what I understand through the lyrics so we should it's ok to feel sad osmetimes but we can't let the sadness take over our lvies
ah-mazing song!! :]
I love this song :)
jfdsjkfdjskfjkjsdfk i love this songgggggggggggg
amazing.
I can't wait for this CD.