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.
When a world is in Your arms
You try to pull it all apart
And keep the pieces not too far
We could wish upon a star
Or dream of kisses in the dark
But then we'd wake to find our hearts
I have whispered in the wind
And tried to force it, all of it
Into a lifeless silhouette
What the tree needs is the wind
And all a child wants is a kiss
To promise them that there is no mystery
We've got the motions down
And we all have the moon and the raining clouds
We need to realize that only love
Will show us what we all are living for
Beyond the moon and endless space
Could there be a final place?
To take us in with saving grace
Of the past that's far from dead
And all the times that I have bled
I've found that hope has always led and shown me
We've got the motions down
And we all have the moon and the raining clouds
We need to realize that only love
Will show us what we all are living for
I've seen the face of God inside the setting sun
I've awoke in the dark to believe the things I've seen
It's all there
We've got the motions down
And we all have the moon and the raining clouds
We've got the motions down
And we all have the moon and the raining clouds
We need to realize that only love
Will show us what we all are living for
You try to pull it all apart
And keep the pieces not too far
We could wish upon a star
Or dream of kisses in the dark
But then we'd wake to find our hearts
I have whispered in the wind
And tried to force it, all of it
Into a lifeless silhouette
What the tree needs is the wind
And all a child wants is a kiss
To promise them that there is no mystery
We've got the motions down
And we all have the moon and the raining clouds
We need to realize that only love
Will show us what we all are living for
Beyond the moon and endless space
Could there be a final place?
To take us in with saving grace
Of the past that's far from dead
And all the times that I have bled
I've found that hope has always led and shown me
We've got the motions down
And we all have the moon and the raining clouds
We need to realize that only love
Will show us what we all are living for
I've seen the face of God inside the setting sun
I've awoke in the dark to believe the things I've seen
It's all there
We've got the motions down
And we all have the moon and the raining clouds
We've got the motions down
And we all have the moon and the raining clouds
We need to realize that only love
Will show us what we all are living for
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Truely an awesome song. I searched everywhere for the artist and song name, and finally I decided to give the radio station a little e-mail asking. They told me a tale of an awesome new band called the Send :). This song seems to be... well, lets analyze a little at a time, shall we?:
"when the world is in your arms you try to pull it all apart and keep the pieces not too far"
Not quite sure! Anyone else care to venture a guess?
"we could wish upon a star or dream of kisses in the dark but then we'd wake to find our hearts ooh, ooh"
First of all those "ooh"s are simply... beautifully sung. Secondly... maybe it means that you can want something with all your heart, but you'll realize that it's not what we necasarily need.
"beyond the moon and endless space could there be a final place to take us in with saving grace"
Could there be a 'heaven' out there, that could take pity on us and save us? Forgive us?
"of the past thats far from dead and all the times that i have bled i've found that hope is always left and shown me we've got the motions down and we all have the moon and the raining clouds"
We got through the darker emotions within us, and it won't help to see all the darkness that surrounds us (darkness being anger, saddness, hurt, etc. The ones that most people wouldn't want to go through). Hope is always there though which you can see because of the bad things that happen to us. Kind of a "shadow proves the sunshine" type of thing. There's no goo without evil, no evil without good.
"we need to realize that only love will show us what we are all living for"
Kind of self explanitory. Done!... what's that? I seem to have skipped some of the song in my analysis. Well, that was on purpose. Both parts have a beautiful and deep meaning.. which I'm sure I'm too naive at the momment to realize. So I'll just wait and see if anyone else knows what it means.