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 medicine for your bleeding forehead
Could be the the meteor that forecasts all your problems
And if you care to view the open-planned solutions
You'll see a crosshair round you
Don't be asleep when the dreams are forecast
Don't be awake when all the silence turns to golden pieces of a melody
All carved from fallen nuggets of Fe2 + S2
I saw the light
It's magnified
By all the lenses made of tears you cried
Not black or white
Not rich or sour
It's hard to tell between the minutes, hours
Or days betwixt your million failings
A lonely candle can't propel the light
Between the walls of diseased attraction
When all that clings to them is glutinous help.
One in a million
Was the chance we had
Put yourself down
Walk away!
Walk away!
You can't escape from the guns that you praised
You can't describe the feelings you hide
And the message is clear
From the solar complexsus
You can't describe the feelings you hide
Another corner can't be carved in the tunnel
As the mountain's falling down
Sap bleeds from the belly of the tree
As the niche is carved it falls down
Another corner can't be carved in the tunnel
As the mountain's falling down
I saw the light
It's magnified
By all the lenses made of tears you cried
Don't fall apart
Stay tied at least
Just keep a diagram of all your seams
Please don't forget that the mind is lethargic
And store the diagram in perfect time
Take great pains to avoid all of the sand
That trickles through the fingers of your head
And poisons your mind
Give me wall!
A shattered ghoul, you'll hurl the mountain
Across the edge of fratricide
A shattered ghoul, you'll hurl the mountain
Until I've got nowhere to hide, hide, hide.
A shattered ghoul, you'll hurl the mountain
Across the edge of fratricide
Of fratricide!
A shattered ghoul, you'll hurl the mountain
Until I've got nowhere to hide, hide, hide.
A shattered ghoul, you'll hurl the mountain
Across the edge of fratricide.
Could be the the meteor that forecasts all your problems
And if you care to view the open-planned solutions
You'll see a crosshair round you
Don't be asleep when the dreams are forecast
Don't be awake when all the silence turns to golden pieces of a melody
All carved from fallen nuggets of Fe2 + S2
I saw the light
It's magnified
By all the lenses made of tears you cried
Not black or white
Not rich or sour
It's hard to tell between the minutes, hours
Or days betwixt your million failings
A lonely candle can't propel the light
Between the walls of diseased attraction
When all that clings to them is glutinous help.
One in a million
Was the chance we had
Put yourself down
Walk away!
Walk away!
You can't escape from the guns that you praised
You can't describe the feelings you hide
And the message is clear
From the solar complexsus
You can't describe the feelings you hide
Another corner can't be carved in the tunnel
As the mountain's falling down
Sap bleeds from the belly of the tree
As the niche is carved it falls down
Another corner can't be carved in the tunnel
As the mountain's falling down
I saw the light
It's magnified
By all the lenses made of tears you cried
Don't fall apart
Stay tied at least
Just keep a diagram of all your seams
Please don't forget that the mind is lethargic
And store the diagram in perfect time
Take great pains to avoid all of the sand
That trickles through the fingers of your head
And poisons your mind
Give me wall!
A shattered ghoul, you'll hurl the mountain
Across the edge of fratricide
A shattered ghoul, you'll hurl the mountain
Until I've got nowhere to hide, hide, hide.
A shattered ghoul, you'll hurl the mountain
Across the edge of fratricide
Of fratricide!
A shattered ghoul, you'll hurl the mountain
Until I've got nowhere to hide, hide, hide.
A shattered ghoul, you'll hurl the mountain
Across the edge of fratricide.
Lyrics submitted by ReActor
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