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.
Green - it's never enough
Different shades bought and sold, illusion control
Extortion incest
Greed - it's never enough
They're building us up while they're tearing us down
On their hands is the blood of the ones who had made them
Praise them, save them, break them
Eyes - they watch from inside
So in God do we trust? Paranoid? Not enough
Do you think that it's near?
Yes I do I can feel it
You can't believe in them or what they say
Their colors change
We should have never let them get away
My brothers
Green is in their eyes, green surrounds you
Lies, his story, our past
A lesson not learned, never changed, never learned
Passing on one by one to the lost generation
You can't believe in them or what they say
Their colors change
We should have never let them get away
My brothers
Save them, praise them, break them
True colors
Different shades bought and sold, illusion control
Extortion incest
Greed - it's never enough
They're building us up while they're tearing us down
On their hands is the blood of the ones who had made them
Praise them, save them, break them
Eyes - they watch from inside
So in God do we trust? Paranoid? Not enough
Do you think that it's near?
Yes I do I can feel it
You can't believe in them or what they say
Their colors change
We should have never let them get away
My brothers
Green is in their eyes, green surrounds you
Lies, his story, our past
A lesson not learned, never changed, never learned
Passing on one by one to the lost generation
You can't believe in them or what they say
Their colors change
We should have never let them get away
My brothers
Save them, praise them, break them
True colors
Lyrics submitted by HeavyMetalRocker
Green Lyrics as written by Edie Arlisa Brickell
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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