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.
I heard a bone snap
When I was only about 9
The laws of gravitation
Were in advance a while
But not long before they taught me a lesson
In tough skin jeans like a Japanese Hessian
I was 70 pounds
Learning to fly
I knew I couldn't do if I didn't try
We called it "the field"
Where we used to hang out
A field of alfalfa in the back of a house
With a slice of an old oak tree
And a twelve-foot plank
Put the board on top
We got a flying machine!
Oh my god! We can teeter on this!
Or make a lever that can shoot me
Into orbit and space!
I've seen the circus
I know how they do it
With bent knees
You got to jump
Like you would from a trampoline
Strange phenomenon
Strange phenomenon
We got up a ladder
And the heaviest kid (5)
He would climb up top (4)
And count down like a (3) rocket ship
To (2) fly me up
He'd get to (1) T-minus zero
(0) Before he jumped
And I was shot high in a vertical catapult
Straight up and down
I remember the view
From over top of the house
Gravity seems weak
Until you look down
I got in position
I had impeccable form
If the judges were present
They'd be holding up score cards
Of 9's and 10's
I must've lost a couple points
For the landing I did
I heard a loud snap
But it didn't hurt
I looked the neighborhood
It looked like earth
But everybody's acting weird
Are they on meds?
Eating peanut butter sandwich
In a hospital bed
I started noticing
Strange phenomenon
(I started noticing)
Strange phenomenon
Is this planet the same one that I've been on
Everybody's bizarre and irrational
Even nurses on the quiet seem a bit off
Strange phenomenon
Everybody's deranged and I wonder what
Happened the day that I fell from the sky
If nobody changed then it must've been mine
When I was only about 9
The laws of gravitation
Were in advance a while
But not long before they taught me a lesson
In tough skin jeans like a Japanese Hessian
I was 70 pounds
Learning to fly
I knew I couldn't do if I didn't try
We called it "the field"
Where we used to hang out
A field of alfalfa in the back of a house
With a slice of an old oak tree
And a twelve-foot plank
Put the board on top
We got a flying machine!
Oh my god! We can teeter on this!
Or make a lever that can shoot me
Into orbit and space!
I've seen the circus
I know how they do it
With bent knees
You got to jump
Like you would from a trampoline
Strange phenomenon
Strange phenomenon
We got up a ladder
And the heaviest kid (5)
He would climb up top (4)
And count down like a (3) rocket ship
To (2) fly me up
He'd get to (1) T-minus zero
(0) Before he jumped
And I was shot high in a vertical catapult
Straight up and down
I remember the view
From over top of the house
Gravity seems weak
Until you look down
I got in position
I had impeccable form
If the judges were present
They'd be holding up score cards
Of 9's and 10's
I must've lost a couple points
For the landing I did
I heard a loud snap
But it didn't hurt
I looked the neighborhood
It looked like earth
But everybody's acting weird
Are they on meds?
Eating peanut butter sandwich
In a hospital bed
I started noticing
Strange phenomenon
(I started noticing)
Strange phenomenon
Is this planet the same one that I've been on
Everybody's bizarre and irrational
Even nurses on the quiet seem a bit off
Strange phenomenon
Everybody's deranged and I wonder what
Happened the day that I fell from the sky
If nobody changed then it must've been mine
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I love that interpretation. That sounds about right.