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.
Our poise is set, strike now, don't rest
Hesitation can kill the best
These words cannot get through
These teeth lock in the truth
They scream of murder at bodies bruised
We gotta get it right
Just wanna get this right
We gotta ?nd our way back to the light
We gotta get it right
Just wanna ?nd our way
Stand up to the urgency
The emergency is why we sing
Together, one voice
We have made one choice
This is it, this is it
This is who we want to be, whoa
Lover step in and take the poison that sets in
When silence screams catastrophes
We'll begin the masterpiece
Crisis calls for reaction so let's take this action
Stop hiding 'cause we think it's safer than words
We gotta get it right
Just wanna ?nd a way
We gotta ?nd our way back to the light
We gotta get it right
Just wanna ?nd our way
Stand up to the urgency
The emergency is why we sing
Together, one voice
We have made one choice
This is it, this is it
This is who we want to be, whoa
Who we want to be, who we want to
We wanna get it right
We wanna ?nd our way
We wanna get it right
Stand up to the urgency
The emergency is why we sing
Together, one voice
We have made one choice
This is it, this is it
This is who we want to be, whoa
This is who we want to be, whoa
And I know, I know
Hesitation can kill the best
These words cannot get through
These teeth lock in the truth
They scream of murder at bodies bruised
We gotta get it right
Just wanna get this right
We gotta ?nd our way back to the light
We gotta get it right
Just wanna ?nd our way
Stand up to the urgency
The emergency is why we sing
Together, one voice
We have made one choice
This is it, this is it
This is who we want to be, whoa
Lover step in and take the poison that sets in
When silence screams catastrophes
We'll begin the masterpiece
Crisis calls for reaction so let's take this action
Stop hiding 'cause we think it's safer than words
We gotta get it right
Just wanna ?nd a way
We gotta ?nd our way back to the light
We gotta get it right
Just wanna ?nd our way
Stand up to the urgency
The emergency is why we sing
Together, one voice
We have made one choice
This is it, this is it
This is who we want to be, whoa
Who we want to be, who we want to
We wanna get it right
We wanna ?nd our way
We wanna get it right
Stand up to the urgency
The emergency is why we sing
Together, one voice
We have made one choice
This is it, this is it
This is who we want to be, whoa
This is who we want to be, whoa
And I know, I know
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