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.
In the dark days
I'll part ways with the blame
Trying to maintain
But it's still all the same
It's all a game
Hear my name in the rain and the pain
I wear on my face with a tear stain
You feign fondness, honestly it's time to give you a piece of my mind
And show you that you're blind
And in the design of the world I call mine, know that you can't stand
On both sides of the line
Everything is my fault
(It's all the same, just pass me the blame)
The problems have two faces
Everything is my fault
(It's all the same, just pass me the blame)
The problems have two faces
Pass all the blame over to me, it will come eventually
Take the time out to examine all these questions honestly
With my eyes shut, I'm seeing the truth in your words
The absurd, slurred into beauty to be heard
You swim through deceit, the lies that you tell
The stories you sell, knowing you well, I keep distance
And every instance you keep your thoughts concealed
What I feel, just another spoke in the wheel
All or nothing, thrown down and trampled by your heel
And eaten away by my own version of the real
Everything is my fault
(It's all the same, just pass me the blame)
The problems have two faces
Everything is my fault
(It's all the same, just pass me the blame)
The problems have two faces
Pass all the blame over to me, it will come eventually
Take the time out to examine all these questions honestly
Who is to blame?
Nothing, thrown down
It's all the same, just pass me the blame
Trampled by your heal
Play the game and wear the tear stain
Eaten by my own
Pass the blame 'cause you'll feel it if you don't
Version of the real
Nothing, thrown down
It's all the same, just pass me the blame
Trampled by your heal
Play the game and wear the tear stain
Eaten by my own
Pass the blame 'cause you'll feel it if you don't
Version of the real
I'll part ways with the blame
Trying to maintain
But it's still all the same
It's all a game
Hear my name in the rain and the pain
I wear on my face with a tear stain
You feign fondness, honestly it's time to give you a piece of my mind
And show you that you're blind
And in the design of the world I call mine, know that you can't stand
On both sides of the line
Everything is my fault
(It's all the same, just pass me the blame)
The problems have two faces
Everything is my fault
(It's all the same, just pass me the blame)
The problems have two faces
Pass all the blame over to me, it will come eventually
Take the time out to examine all these questions honestly
With my eyes shut, I'm seeing the truth in your words
The absurd, slurred into beauty to be heard
You swim through deceit, the lies that you tell
The stories you sell, knowing you well, I keep distance
And every instance you keep your thoughts concealed
What I feel, just another spoke in the wheel
All or nothing, thrown down and trampled by your heel
And eaten away by my own version of the real
Everything is my fault
(It's all the same, just pass me the blame)
The problems have two faces
Everything is my fault
(It's all the same, just pass me the blame)
The problems have two faces
Pass all the blame over to me, it will come eventually
Take the time out to examine all these questions honestly
Who is to blame?
Nothing, thrown down
It's all the same, just pass me the blame
Trampled by your heal
Play the game and wear the tear stain
Eaten by my own
Pass the blame 'cause you'll feel it if you don't
Version of the real
Nothing, thrown down
It's all the same, just pass me the blame
Trampled by your heal
Play the game and wear the tear stain
Eaten by my own
Pass the blame 'cause you'll feel it if you don't
Version of the real
Lyrics submitted by its_2_simple
Blue [1998 Unreleased Hybrid Theory Demo] [LPU Rarities] Lyrics as written by Robert G. Bourdon Chester Charles Bennington
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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