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.
That night we were able feel each other, turned freezing cold
Deeply slumbering, to the depths of release
The feeling, is a strange sensation far removed from me
Days that seemed so beautiful, in the poison flower garden
From that day I felt such extreme aggravation onward,
I've been looking for someone else.
That night it all fell apart will never be again
Everytime I meet you, I've lied.
Because now I'm so far removed from there.
The fact that I can't love you anymore
Weighs heavilly on me, tortures and saddens me
The night was too long, it pains me
The accident which happened to you, causes me concern
Unable to say any words of comfort, I cooled to you
I was there.
If you don't care that it's not for real, I'll hold you
For you, I looked as much as you wanted
While getting fucked by someone else...
So that I can be even just a little closer to you,
Even if its not real, I stifled my heart for now
That first and final night has passed
You pretended not to know until the very end
Deeply slumbering, to the depths of release
The feeling, is a strange sensation far removed from me
Days that seemed so beautiful, in the poison flower garden
From that day I felt such extreme aggravation onward,
I've been looking for someone else.
That night it all fell apart will never be again
Everytime I meet you, I've lied.
Because now I'm so far removed from there.
The fact that I can't love you anymore
Weighs heavilly on me, tortures and saddens me
The night was too long, it pains me
The accident which happened to you, causes me concern
Unable to say any words of comfort, I cooled to you
I was there.
If you don't care that it's not for real, I'll hold you
For you, I looked as much as you wanted
While getting fucked by someone else...
So that I can be even just a little closer to you,
Even if its not real, I stifled my heart for now
That first and final night has passed
You pretended not to know until the very end
Lyrics submitted by frenchiexxx
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Kyo writes alot of love songs for some sadomazo dude ne?
and you think its not possible for a sadomazo to love? feh, ill stop right now...
anyways, this seems to be a very sad song (a duh statement i know) i would love to hear it
Well, this is all MY interpretation, so lord knows it's probably gonna be really off, but lets give it a shot even tho this seems blatantly obvious
This song seems to be about someone being in a relationship, (obviously) and that the narrator doesn't care about the person they are with at all because he's lied too much to even be fully invested in the relationship. The narrator is just completely fake to the one he's with. He's not really in the relationship because his significant other doesn't really know who he is. The SO knows he's being fake but doesn't care because the image is so nice. The narrator basically doesn't care about the one he's with (although he used to) but now he's looking for someone else.
I'm sorry that was really ramble-y Dx
I wouldn't say he doesn't care. It looks more like he wants to make the person he's with feel better but admits to being "distracted" by his affair and that he's only being nice to the significant other he's supposed to be with so he doesn't feel so guilty.
Reminds me a lot of Yokan, where apparently the narrator cares a lot less.