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.
Ladies and gentlemen
We understand that you
Have come tonight
To bare witness to the sound
Of drum and bass
We regret to announce that this is not the case
As instead, we come tonight to bring you,
The sonic recreation of the end of the world
Ladies and gentlemen prepare to hold your color
Okay, fuck it, I lied
It's drum and bass what you gonna do?
We understand that you
Have come tonight
To bare witness to the sound
Of drum and bass
We regret to announce that this is not the case
As instead, we come tonight to bring you,
The sonic recreation of the end of the world
Ladies and gentlemen prepare to hold your color
Okay, fuck it, I lied
It's drum and bass what you gonna do?
Lyrics submitted by funkgeom, edited by Mellow_Harsher
Blood Sugar Lyrics as written by Matthew White Gareth Mcgrillen
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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It's a man who at first introduces us to the SONIC recreation of the end of the world, on the understanding we have come to bare witness to the sound of drum and bass.
We find out, however, the man in question was joshing us all a long and what we are listening to IS IN FACT drum and bass.
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Noisecat, interesting opinion but I think you're wrong. Then again, this lyric can be interpreted in many ways :-).