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 woke under cover of darkness
Looked up into the television sky
Tonight
I wandered through the city alone this
Rain wouldn't stop I couldn't dry my eyes
I cried
Who is the one to blame
Why is it that you never say
When the feeling leaves
If you're through with me
As I'm walking through the rain
Cold tears falling down my face
Like the autumn leaves
On a windy day
I went out to the edge of town
Over bright highways where the traffic was the only sound
Around
While my eyes were looking at the ground
I could see pictures of you floating all around
I didn't doubt
Looked up into the television sky
Tonight
I wandered through the city alone this
Rain wouldn't stop I couldn't dry my eyes
I cried
Who is the one to blame
Why is it that you never say
When the feeling leaves
If you're through with me
As I'm walking through the rain
Cold tears falling down my face
Like the autumn leaves
On a windy day
I went out to the edge of town
Over bright highways where the traffic was the only sound
Around
While my eyes were looking at the ground
I could see pictures of you floating all around
I didn't doubt
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
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I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
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Same ideas expressed in Fitter, Happier are expressed in this song. We're told to strive for some sort of ideal life, which includes getting a good job, being kind to everyone, finding a partner, getting married, having a couple kids, living in a quiet neighborhood in a nice big house, etc. But in Fitter, Happier the narrator(?) realizes that it's incredibly robotic to live this life. People are being used by those in power "like a pig in a cage on antibiotics"--being pacified with things like new phones and cool gadgets and houses while being sucked dry. On No Surprises, the narrator is realizing how this life is killing him slowly. In the video, his helmet is slowly filling up with water, drowning him. But he's so complacent with it. This is a good summary of the song. This boring, "perfect" life foisted upon us by some higher powers (not spiritual, but political, economic, etc. politicians and businessmen, perhaps) is not the way to live. But there is seemingly no way out but death. He'd rather die peacefully right now than live in this cage. While our lives are often shielded, we're in our own protective bubbles, or protective helmets like the one Thom wears, if we look a little harder we can see all the corruption, lies, manipulation, etc. that is going on in the world, often run by huge yet nearly invisible organizations, corporations, and 'leaders'. It's a very hopeless song because it reflects real life.
Easily one of my favorite songs of all time. When I hear this song, I can feel the emotion well beyond the lyrics, which are rather simple. The simplicity of the lyrics, in my opinion, has an intensifying effect.
It's about loneliness, and beyond that it is indescribable- when you hear it, you get it.
ATB is the best, and this is one of his best. So emotive!
Beautiful
Kind of an "post-relationship" reflection king of thing I think is going on here (as shown by "if you're through with me" and "cold tears falling down my face like the autumn leaves on a windy day"). The "who is to blame" is also another reflection of the relationship and maybe wondering why it failed.
Anyway, it's just a beautiful song that employs a lot of imagery.
a few corrections:
I WOKE UNDER COVER of darkness
when THE feeling leaves
cold tears FALLING down my face
Over BRIGHT highways where the traffic was the only sound around While my eyes WERE looking at the ground
a beautiful song.
such a beautiful vivid song i cant even describe when i fell in love with this song, its so mystical, the chorus is simple but gets the point of feeling alone, and not really knowing what to do when you've come in to conflict that seems like it can never be fixed.
If you like this song i recommend "Wait For Your Heart" by ATB with Roberta on the same album, the instrumentals are alot alike.
RIP Michal The Girl, the singer of this song. She died quite a while ago. RIP :(
Truly one of the greatest female voices ever!