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.
Burn the faerie dust to get their gold.
Sell it to the little blue men in my eyes.
Kick some butt.
Flex my muscles.
Make out with the boom box.
Sleep sux!
Who am i kidding.
Insomnia keeps them dreams away.
So life is dull
And i kinda hate it.
Insomnia saves the faeries
Insomnia screws over the little blue men
Insomnia lets the 8th grader that lives next door smack the crap out of me with a water noodle
Insomnia makes me too tired to work out
Insomnia makes it so the only action i can get is with the computer screen.
Si.
Sleep sux.
Insomnia suxx worse.
I fricken hate you.
And you ability to sleep like a normal person.
Cant write a decent song.
Too long.
So
Insomnia makes me go crazy with intent.
And I never want to see any of you again
So leave.
I never could figure out how to burn the faerie dust anyway...
Much less catch one.
Sell it to the little blue men in my eyes.
Kick some butt.
Flex my muscles.
Make out with the boom box.
Sleep sux!
Who am i kidding.
Insomnia keeps them dreams away.
So life is dull
And i kinda hate it.
Insomnia saves the faeries
Insomnia screws over the little blue men
Insomnia lets the 8th grader that lives next door smack the crap out of me with a water noodle
Insomnia makes me too tired to work out
Insomnia makes it so the only action i can get is with the computer screen.
Si.
Sleep sux.
Insomnia suxx worse.
I fricken hate you.
And you ability to sleep like a normal person.
Cant write a decent song.
Too long.
So
Insomnia makes me go crazy with intent.
And I never want to see any of you again
So leave.
I never could figure out how to burn the faerie dust anyway...
Much less catch one.
Lyrics submitted by gusscholtz
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