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.
You sit so still unmoving
Stealing it
Begging to stay
It drips on my skins surface
Drowning me towards the problem
Smiles and pretenses - bring them all to watch the scandals tightening
Smiles and pretenses - with their frozen eyes my knuckles whitening
Trust!
That it's all a distraction!
Trust!
That your fucking...nothing!
Fighting the urge to hold my breath - like a locust scraping dig in the trees
I can hear the gun-shots in the background - suffocation breathes the words of these shadows
Smiles and pretenses - bring them all to see where this force I brought them
Smiles and pretenses - we're not any of it we have all forgotten
Trust!
That it's all a distraction!
Trust!
That your fucking...NOTHING!!!!!
You sit so still unmoving
Stealing it
Begging to stay
It drips on my skins surface
Drowning me
Towards the problem
Trust!
That it's all a distraction!
Trust!
So you remain in line
Open!
Up!
Your!
Blessed wings!
Wrap them all around all of your...things!!
Keep yourself in the company of...kings!!
It's their hands that bleed from the....strings!!
Stealing it
Begging to stay
It drips on my skins surface
Drowning me towards the problem
Smiles and pretenses - bring them all to watch the scandals tightening
Smiles and pretenses - with their frozen eyes my knuckles whitening
Trust!
That it's all a distraction!
Trust!
That your fucking...nothing!
Fighting the urge to hold my breath - like a locust scraping dig in the trees
I can hear the gun-shots in the background - suffocation breathes the words of these shadows
Smiles and pretenses - bring them all to see where this force I brought them
Smiles and pretenses - we're not any of it we have all forgotten
Trust!
That it's all a distraction!
Trust!
That your fucking...NOTHING!!!!!
You sit so still unmoving
Stealing it
Begging to stay
It drips on my skins surface
Drowning me
Towards the problem
Trust!
That it's all a distraction!
Trust!
So you remain in line
Open!
Up!
Your!
Blessed wings!
Wrap them all around all of your...things!!
Keep yourself in the company of...kings!!
It's their hands that bleed from the....strings!!
Lyrics submitted by GuyverX
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You sit so still unmoving (the "have faith" excuse)
Smiles and pretenses (the face the clergymen put on to hide themselves) bring them all to watch the scandals tightening (scandals being corruption of the church)
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like a locust scraping dig in the trees (All I could get out of this was that locust are involved) I can hear the gun-shots in the background (You can see the corruption that they try to cover up) suffocation breathes the words of these shadows (an oxymoron saying that silencing opposition speaks more than they would like about them)
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