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.
Silently I step unto my faith, I feel acceptance now, a righteous
path they'll grant. Slavery is all I leave behind, the weak are silent
now, bowed down in their own filth.
Across realms never travelled, rupturing climates, the sun is lost
Dragged through this endless gate, the unseen guides whispers
for the unseen way. Breathless air infuse me, calm I absorb the
chilling wind. Black is what lies ahead, in fear I am no more, I
shall greet its pain.
Luminous at last, my broken soul with torn off wings through
spiteful greed I shall find peace. In my own greed. I seek what I
should dread, longing for the kingdom high, the promise left to
serve my kind. In my own greed.
Shielded from, the past I leave behind, another day is rising and
in its womb, my desire. The gift, sent that I possess, arried with
pride, earned before this time. Death, inept to claim my stained
soul, this journey I have tekn, swept me before its hands
In life came clarity at last, I am of the forgotten, my spirit is dead.
Solo: Karlsson
Blinding lights as one to be reborn, uplifted and redeemed,
my being their spawn.
Solo: Karlsson
I'm the beast that ate my putrid soul in conflict with the earthly,
the fleas of mass disgrace. Harmony, of which I have been
robbed, my course is sacrilegious, I honour every step.
Treading forth as I realize I am there to dwell in my might, come
solitude. Seasons passed in my wondering lost for words,
perpetual I shall remain.
Solo: Karlsson
Luminous at last, my broken soul with torn off wings through
spiteful greed I shall find peace. In my own greed. I seek what I
should dread, longing for the kingdom high, the promise left to
serve my kind. In my own greed, it shall so be.
path they'll grant. Slavery is all I leave behind, the weak are silent
now, bowed down in their own filth.
Across realms never travelled, rupturing climates, the sun is lost
Dragged through this endless gate, the unseen guides whispers
for the unseen way. Breathless air infuse me, calm I absorb the
chilling wind. Black is what lies ahead, in fear I am no more, I
shall greet its pain.
Luminous at last, my broken soul with torn off wings through
spiteful greed I shall find peace. In my own greed. I seek what I
should dread, longing for the kingdom high, the promise left to
serve my kind. In my own greed.
Shielded from, the past I leave behind, another day is rising and
in its womb, my desire. The gift, sent that I possess, arried with
pride, earned before this time. Death, inept to claim my stained
soul, this journey I have tekn, swept me before its hands
In life came clarity at last, I am of the forgotten, my spirit is dead.
Solo: Karlsson
Blinding lights as one to be reborn, uplifted and redeemed,
my being their spawn.
Solo: Karlsson
I'm the beast that ate my putrid soul in conflict with the earthly,
the fleas of mass disgrace. Harmony, of which I have been
robbed, my course is sacrilegious, I honour every step.
Treading forth as I realize I am there to dwell in my might, come
solitude. Seasons passed in my wondering lost for words,
perpetual I shall remain.
Solo: Karlsson
Luminous at last, my broken soul with torn off wings through
spiteful greed I shall find peace. In my own greed. I seek what I
should dread, longing for the kingdom high, the promise left to
serve my kind. In my own greed, it shall so be.
Lyrics submitted by DreamingInTheÆther
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