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.
Mmm
Mmm
Hey Mr. Love
I've been singing and still
There's a hole in my heart only a man can fill
But he's had a blistered love and we're sharing a bed
But he's not in a state to be readily left in my hands
In my hands
In my hands
In my hands
Hey love
Live it up 'cause I'm getting closer and I want love
Give it up
These poetry and prose and words are not enough
'Cause you're more than melody to me
I think
So morning comes and I'm nervously clad in these sheets
Not my own and these hands where they don't belong
And I'm all but a victim in my prison head
I should run for my gun but I'm lying instead in your hands
In your hands
In your hands
In your hands
And you say
Hey love
Live it up 'cause I'm getting closer and I want love
Give it up
These poetry and prose and words are not enough
'Cause you're more than melody to me
I think
And holding out our hands before us
All the world will love and whore us
My heart
Oh
Lord is in your hands
In your hands
In my hands
In your hands
In my hands
In my hands
In my hands
In my hands
In my hands
In my
Oh
Oh
Oh
Oh
Oh
Oh
Yeah
Hey Mr. Love I'm too tired to sing but he is more than melody to me
Mmm
Hey Mr. Love
I've been singing and still
There's a hole in my heart only a man can fill
But he's had a blistered love and we're sharing a bed
But he's not in a state to be readily left in my hands
In my hands
In my hands
In my hands
Hey love
Live it up 'cause I'm getting closer and I want love
Give it up
These poetry and prose and words are not enough
'Cause you're more than melody to me
I think
So morning comes and I'm nervously clad in these sheets
Not my own and these hands where they don't belong
And I'm all but a victim in my prison head
I should run for my gun but I'm lying instead in your hands
In your hands
In your hands
In your hands
And you say
Hey love
Live it up 'cause I'm getting closer and I want love
Give it up
These poetry and prose and words are not enough
'Cause you're more than melody to me
I think
And holding out our hands before us
All the world will love and whore us
My heart
Oh
Lord is in your hands
In your hands
In my hands
In your hands
In my hands
In my hands
In my hands
In my hands
In my hands
In my
Oh
Oh
Oh
Oh
Oh
Oh
Yeah
Hey Mr. Love I'm too tired to sing but he is more than melody to me
Lyrics submitted by MercuryRising, edited by ShortOne
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This to me seems like a relationship that seems as if it wasn't ready to occur yet.
I'll break the song down to show you what I mean.
Hey Mr. Love I've been singin' and still There's a hole in my heart only a man can fill But he's had a blistered love and we're sharin' a bed But he's not in a state to be readily left in my hands In my hands in my hands in my hands
(I think that in this part, Anna is singing to cupid, telling him that she's already tried to fill her life with her favorite thing signing, but she still feels empty and needs someone. She jumps quickly into the relationship with a man who's just gotten over an awful breakup, so he's not ready to be with her quite yet, because he is afraid to give her his heart.)
chorus And I say hey Love live it up Cause I'm getting to closer and I won't love Give it up This poetry and prose and words are not enough Cause he's more than melody to me...I think
(This is where Anna tells the man that he should take a chance with her because she's not going to give up on him yet. The song isn't enough to show her feelings, because she thinks she is crazily in love with him, but she only can be if he's open to her.)
So morning comes and I'm nervously cold In these sheets not my own and these hands where they don't belong And I'm all but a victim to my prison head I should run for my gun but I'm lying instead in your hands In your hands in your hands in your hands
(This is where Anna gets scared, because the man finally gives into her wishes. I think she feels that he isn't all the way into her still, or she herself might not be ready yet, but either way, she's fighting something inside of her head, but she has lost, because still, she finds herself with him, depending on him.)
chorus
And holding out our hands before us All the world will love and whore us My heart Oh Lord is in your hands
(This is where she makes the point that everyone is very innocent, and very vulnerable. She says that her vulnerability now lies in control of the man.)
Hey Mr. Love I'm too tired to sing But he is more than melody to me
(This I think is where Anna has finally thought about the situation enough, and she is content where she is, but she is tired of thinking, and she's done with it. She realizes that he is in fact the right guy for her.)