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.
There comes a time
When you make up your mind
Of where to lay your lonely roots down
And I've been travelin' so far and wide
Seen the deepest depths and heights beyond high
So I'm surprised to see you with my eyes
With my mind's best dreams and left your face so incomplete
It's nice to meet you
Nice to meet you
Nice to meet you
It's nice to meet you
Nice to meet you
Nice to meet you
I know the day that I chased you away
When the words I spoke, were terribly wrong
And I confess that I made quite the mess
But it's just too late, and now you've moved on
Take me back to the days of the sun
Brightly shining down on the two of us
You used to lie I staring into the sky
Leaving every toil, and worry so far behind us
It's nice to meet you
Nice to meet you
It's nice to meet you
Nice to meet you
Nice to meet you
Nice to meet you
So now I pack my bags again
After all this time we've spent
To walk the earth without you by my side
All the fields and hills I've roamed
Have never felt like home
And how I wish that you'd never left
But it's just too late now
When you make up your mind
Of where to lay your lonely roots down
And I've been travelin' so far and wide
Seen the deepest depths and heights beyond high
So I'm surprised to see you with my eyes
With my mind's best dreams and left your face so incomplete
It's nice to meet you
Nice to meet you
Nice to meet you
It's nice to meet you
Nice to meet you
Nice to meet you
I know the day that I chased you away
When the words I spoke, were terribly wrong
And I confess that I made quite the mess
But it's just too late, and now you've moved on
Take me back to the days of the sun
Brightly shining down on the two of us
You used to lie I staring into the sky
Leaving every toil, and worry so far behind us
It's nice to meet you
Nice to meet you
It's nice to meet you
Nice to meet you
Nice to meet you
Nice to meet you
So now I pack my bags again
After all this time we've spent
To walk the earth without you by my side
All the fields and hills I've roamed
Have never felt like home
And how I wish that you'd never left
But it's just too late now
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According to the booklet:
NICE TO MEET YOU
There comes a time when you make up your mind Oh where to lay your lonely roots down. And I've been traveling so far and wide Seen the deepest depths and heights beyond high So I'm surprised to see you with my eyes When my mind's best dreams Had left your face so incomplete.
It's nice to meet you
And oh, the day that I chased you away When the words I spoke were terribly wrong And I confess that I made quite the mess But it's just too late and now you've moved on Take me back to the days of the sun Brightly shining down on the two of us We used to lie staring into the sky Leaving every toil and worry so far behind us.
It was nice to meet you
So now I pack my bags again With all this time to spend To walk the earth without you by my side All the fields and hills I roam Will never feel like home And how I wish that you'd never left But it's just too late now.
This song describes a relationship: the inception, the breakup and the loss.
I think the beginning is especially beautiful when he says,
“So I'm surprised to see you with my eyes When my mind's best dreams Had left your face so incomplete.”
It perfectly describes that question we sometimes ask ourselves when we meet someone new: “Could THIS be the man/woman of my dreams, the one that I spend the rest of my life with?”
Heartbroken words end the song along with an unresolved, dissonant final chord... brilliant.
Mea helling Culpa, fix this crap.