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'm thinking that its time to get out
My patients are fading fast
The mind bruises just a little bit easier
In dark times and shadows cast
What are you suffering for?
Your pride or some kind of personal war?
And will you throw it all away?
For nothing more than a simple taste?
I'll stay in time and watch you pass by
(Paranoia woven deep beneath my skin)
I draw this line and hope you'll take my side (breathe slow, breathe slow)
You shouldn't have to fight alone
(You shouldn't have to fight at all)
It's nobody's battle but your own
Panic holds me like a gun
Firm and steadfast bleak and cold
I think it's time to kill the drama
This lifestyle's getting old
Whispers behind closed doors
Eyes spy from dark windows
Plotting minds seek to harm me
Or maybe not, I don't really know
There is
Something
Waiting
For me
In the
Darkest
Part of
My imagination
I'll stay in time and watch you pass by
(Paranoia woven deep beneath my skin)
I draw this line and hope you'll take my side (breathe slow, breathe slow)
You shouldn't have to fight alone
(You shouldn't have to fight at all)
It's nobody's battle but your own
This is just self-induced terror
There's more to come
This is just a glimpse
I tell myself it's all in my head
But I'm pretty hard to convince
Oh, there's no relief
Oh, this world can offer
Oh, there's no relief
Oh, this world can offer me
I stay in time and watch you pass by
I draw this line and hope you'll take my side
You shouldn't have to fight alone
It's nobody's battle but your own
My patients are fading fast
The mind bruises just a little bit easier
In dark times and shadows cast
What are you suffering for?
Your pride or some kind of personal war?
And will you throw it all away?
For nothing more than a simple taste?
I'll stay in time and watch you pass by
(Paranoia woven deep beneath my skin)
I draw this line and hope you'll take my side (breathe slow, breathe slow)
You shouldn't have to fight alone
(You shouldn't have to fight at all)
It's nobody's battle but your own
Panic holds me like a gun
Firm and steadfast bleak and cold
I think it's time to kill the drama
This lifestyle's getting old
Whispers behind closed doors
Eyes spy from dark windows
Plotting minds seek to harm me
Or maybe not, I don't really know
There is
Something
Waiting
For me
In the
Darkest
Part of
My imagination
I'll stay in time and watch you pass by
(Paranoia woven deep beneath my skin)
I draw this line and hope you'll take my side (breathe slow, breathe slow)
You shouldn't have to fight alone
(You shouldn't have to fight at all)
It's nobody's battle but your own
This is just self-induced terror
There's more to come
This is just a glimpse
I tell myself it's all in my head
But I'm pretty hard to convince
Oh, there's no relief
Oh, this world can offer
Oh, there's no relief
Oh, this world can offer me
I stay in time and watch you pass by
I draw this line and hope you'll take my side
You shouldn't have to fight alone
It's nobody's battle but your own
Lyrics submitted by iamthenightstars, edited by CAKunited
To a Friend Lyrics as written by Wade Macneil Dallas Green
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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