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.
we'll kick you
and your devotion to sloth wonder
in caveman style
you are only crawling faster
your eyes indent your oblong head
canonized in REM rhythm
you're not standing upright yet
sitting guilty in the spirit
of a passive sinner
oh look
your head
it's like a hospital hosting hypochondriacs"
you got yourself uptight
are there anymore
are there anymore
facts or fiction fit for further alliteration
you seem so safely spoon fed
and we can't operate on
operate on
oblivious
we're not partners in
or paramedics for
this whole world's going to make you a part of it
the whole world is going to leave you out
call someone to alleviate the senses
never let
ever let your body feel
this whole world's going to make you a part of it
the whole world is going to leave you out
call someone to alleviate the senses
you can see it on our faces
for we have traveled far
your mind is a long divide
a simple fraction of our time
deduct your logic
we'll lock up
or maybe just unlatch it
and throw yourself off
If you were meant for the wealth of applause
Would a first-floor window would have a lock
There's no bleachers by bedsides
People build people in their heads
There's no bleachers by bedsides
People build people in their heads in your head
If you were meant for the wealth of applause
Would a first-floor window would have a lock
The whole world's going to make you a part of it
The whole world is going to leave you out
Call someone to alleviate the senses
Never let
Ever let your body feel
The whole world's going to make you a part of it
The whole world is going to leave you out
Call someone to alleviate the senses
Never let
Ever let your body feel
The whole world's going to make you a part of it
The whole world's going to make you a part of it
The whole worlds is going to leave you out to be part of it
Call someone to alleviate the senses
(but you can still change the world)
Call someone to alleviate the senses
Never let ever let your body feel
(Call someone to alleviate the senses)
and now you're good then
Never let ever let your body feel
(Call someone to alleviate the senses)
and now you're good then
Never let ever let your body feel
(Call someone to alleviate the senses)
and now your good then
Call someone to alleviate the senses
Never let ever let your body feel
(Call someone to alleviate the senses)
Never let ever let your body feel
Call someone to alleviate the senses
(Call someone to alleviate the senses)
and now you're good then
Never let ever let your body feel
Call someone to alleviate the senses
and your devotion to sloth wonder
in caveman style
you are only crawling faster
your eyes indent your oblong head
canonized in REM rhythm
you're not standing upright yet
sitting guilty in the spirit
of a passive sinner
oh look
your head
it's like a hospital hosting hypochondriacs"
you got yourself uptight
are there anymore
are there anymore
facts or fiction fit for further alliteration
you seem so safely spoon fed
and we can't operate on
operate on
oblivious
we're not partners in
or paramedics for
this whole world's going to make you a part of it
the whole world is going to leave you out
call someone to alleviate the senses
never let
ever let your body feel
this whole world's going to make you a part of it
the whole world is going to leave you out
call someone to alleviate the senses
you can see it on our faces
for we have traveled far
your mind is a long divide
a simple fraction of our time
deduct your logic
we'll lock up
or maybe just unlatch it
and throw yourself off
If you were meant for the wealth of applause
Would a first-floor window would have a lock
There's no bleachers by bedsides
People build people in their heads
There's no bleachers by bedsides
People build people in their heads in your head
If you were meant for the wealth of applause
Would a first-floor window would have a lock
The whole world's going to make you a part of it
The whole world is going to leave you out
Call someone to alleviate the senses
Never let
Ever let your body feel
The whole world's going to make you a part of it
The whole world is going to leave you out
Call someone to alleviate the senses
Never let
Ever let your body feel
The whole world's going to make you a part of it
The whole world's going to make you a part of it
The whole worlds is going to leave you out to be part of it
Call someone to alleviate the senses
(but you can still change the world)
Call someone to alleviate the senses
Never let ever let your body feel
(Call someone to alleviate the senses)
and now you're good then
Never let ever let your body feel
(Call someone to alleviate the senses)
and now you're good then
Never let ever let your body feel
(Call someone to alleviate the senses)
and now your good then
Call someone to alleviate the senses
Never let ever let your body feel
(Call someone to alleviate the senses)
Never let ever let your body feel
Call someone to alleviate the senses
(Call someone to alleviate the senses)
and now you're good then
Never let ever let your body feel
Call someone to alleviate the senses
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incredible lyrics. no earthly idea what it's about though.
I believe that the song is a reference to those are meant and bound to worldy things and is an allusion directly of those people.
"This world's gonna make you a part of it", is in reference to that when you die eventually you become dust and a part of the soil.
"This world's gonna leave you out", this is the main point. He's in reference to what is truly human. The world he's referring to is the Ethereal, and that the mind of the person/people are wasted. They'll die, and the only existence left is the dirt.
Never let your body feel, how your mind could leave it"- reinforcing the last statement. The actions carried out are negligence of the soul.
4th stanza is a parody of meeting a person and contemplating throwing them out the window, seeing as to the narrarator believes that their existence is being wasted. To lock them up, or throw them out the window. "if you were meant for the wealth of applause...etc." It's believed that, that meaning is a waste of life, and would disregard bodies of such by throwing them out the window.