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.
We dreamed of golden shining towers
Of lazy days and thrilling hours
Fields of wonder, streets so fair
Of amber ships which sailed, through the air
Dreamed of steel and glass and wire
Of days of wine and nights of fire
Dreamt of dogs that talked like boys
Of girls who flew, of unnamed joys
And now our dreams are true
We don't know what to do
For we don't like it here
There's nothing for us to fear
Bored mindless in Utopia
Silver machine
I just took a ride
In a silver machine
And I'm still feeling mean
I got a silver machine
Do you want to ride
See yourself going by
Other side of the sky
Well I got a silver machine
It flies sideways through time
It's an electric line
To your Zodiac sign
It flies out of a dream
It's anti-septically clean
Turns everything green
You're gonna know where I've been
In my silver machine
Of lazy days and thrilling hours
Fields of wonder, streets so fair
Of amber ships which sailed, through the air
Dreamed of steel and glass and wire
Of days of wine and nights of fire
Dreamt of dogs that talked like boys
Of girls who flew, of unnamed joys
And now our dreams are true
We don't know what to do
For we don't like it here
There's nothing for us to fear
Bored mindless in Utopia
Silver machine
I just took a ride
In a silver machine
And I'm still feeling mean
I got a silver machine
Do you want to ride
See yourself going by
Other side of the sky
Well I got a silver machine
It flies sideways through time
It's an electric line
To your Zodiac sign
It flies out of a dream
It's anti-septically clean
Turns everything green
You're gonna know where I've been
In my silver machine
Lyrics submitted by ButNeverOutgunned
Arrival In Utopia Lyrics as written by L. Steele Dave Brock
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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sorry but these lyrics are all off. okus this is technically by space ritual but i suppose it can go under HW
here are the complete lyrics:
We dreamed of golden shining towers of lazy days and thrilling hours of Fields of wonder, streets so fair of amber ships which sailed, through the-air
And now we see its true we don’t know what to do and we don’t want it now we're here and now our dreams are true we don’t know what to do we'll never know what to do
We Dreamed of steel and glass and wire of days of wine and nights of fire we Dreamt of dogs, that talked like boys of girls who flew of unnamed joys
But when we dreamed, we always knew that if our dreams came true we wouldn’t know what to do
We're sitting in utopia, Don’t like it now were here, We hate it now were here
We dreamed of prizes, dreamed of goals dreamed of deeds and fixed on roles we've driven to utopia, and we don’t like it now were here our dream at last reality, but reality is you and me it's individuality
We're sitting in utopia, but were mindless now were here we hate it now were here reality is you and me, utopia is you and me it's individuality (it's individuality) it's individuality (it's individuality) it's individuality (it's individuality)
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Thanks for the lyrics, thehiddenmeaning. Hard to find. To me the song denies the silly static concept of utopia, a heavenlike endstate, which is really just wishful thinking by those who have problems accepting the constant change we are all experiencing.