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.
My word for dark rhymes
with your word for light and
it's not quite as pretty
as the pictures you painted
but those were just afterthoughts
And all new thieves are after us
I think they're after our heads
Dear lucid, my time is right to...
Dance away, while the bullets fly
You know they come so close
I'll bet they put something in the air tonight
just to light your face
Now bombs light the sky like
Our fireworks just like
The ones that ignited
the first time our eyes met
But this time it's over wars
Your payback, you're wanting more
is gonna make this all over for us
Dear Lucid, your time is right...
Dance away, while the bullets fly
You know they come so close
I'll bet they put something in the air tonight
just to light your face
For me
Dear Lucid, our time is right now
Dance away, while the bullets fly
You know they come so close
I'll bet they put something in the air tonight
just to light your face
Who will fix this impossibility
When it's crushing your throat?
Will you fight for your agenda
or will you fight for air?
Dance away, while the bullets fly
You know they come so close
I'll bet they put something in the air tonight
So we could dance away
where the bullets fly
I know they look so close
I'll bet they put something in the air tonight
just to light your face
For me
Dear Lucid
with your word for light and
it's not quite as pretty
as the pictures you painted
but those were just afterthoughts
And all new thieves are after us
I think they're after our heads
Dear lucid, my time is right to...
Dance away, while the bullets fly
You know they come so close
I'll bet they put something in the air tonight
just to light your face
Now bombs light the sky like
Our fireworks just like
The ones that ignited
the first time our eyes met
But this time it's over wars
Your payback, you're wanting more
is gonna make this all over for us
Dear Lucid, your time is right...
Dance away, while the bullets fly
You know they come so close
I'll bet they put something in the air tonight
just to light your face
For me
Dear Lucid, our time is right now
Dance away, while the bullets fly
You know they come so close
I'll bet they put something in the air tonight
just to light your face
Who will fix this impossibility
When it's crushing your throat?
Will you fight for your agenda
or will you fight for air?
Dance away, while the bullets fly
You know they come so close
I'll bet they put something in the air tonight
So we could dance away
where the bullets fly
I know they look so close
I'll bet they put something in the air tonight
just to light your face
For me
Dear Lucid
Lyrics submitted by Heartahimfan666
Dear Lucid, Our Time Is Right Now Lyrics as written by Kevin James Clarkson Joseph Daniel Lauzon
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Lyrics powered by LyricFind
Add your thoughts
Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.
Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!
More Featured Meanings
Light Up The Sky
Van Halen
Van Halen
The Night We Met
Lord Huron
Lord Huron
This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
Gentle Hour
Yo La Tengo
Yo La Tengo
This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
American Town
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran shares a short story of reconnecting with an old flame on “American Town.” The track is about a holiday Ed Sheeran spends with his countrywoman who resides in America. The two are back together after a long period apart, and get around to enjoying a bunch of fun activities while rekindling the flames of their romance.
First off this is my favorite Evans Blue song now. I love it. I think this song is about is about breaking up,
"Now both at the sky like Are fireworks just like The ones that ignited The first time our eyes met But this time it's over wars Your payback, you're wanting more Is gonna make this all over for us"
But everytime the end is in sight and they are fighting,
"Dance away, oh where the bullets fly You know they come so close"
They realise they really do love each other and it makes the guy realise just how lovely she is,
"Oh, but they put something in the air tonight Just to light your face"
I know it's probally way off, but that's what I think.