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've been turning inside
Out all night long,
What's up?
I'm down.
Turn this whole night around.
Living good,
Hesitate.
Place the bet,
Compensate.
Be my play,
Devastate.
Congregate and elevate.
Take your eyes off my pride,
Let it slide,
Redivide,
Multiply,
Chose your side,
It gon' be no lady pie,
Feeling good,
Looking great,
Underwater overway,
Smell my finger,
Pull my tongue,
Sugar coated candy plum.
Try to talk easy,
But doesn't matter what I say,
No words come out, you better watch your mouth cuz',
I've tried to make my way,
While other fools try to compensate,
With words expressing how they feel,
It's in my water with coils of blood,
How many people have I "sweared" I loved?
How many hurdles have I had to jump?
How many lives have I touched?
How many tries have I fucked you up, to try to get what I want?
Don't waste your time to tell me how you feel.
Let your feeling out the door,
Blindfold what's in store,
Never met me before,
Docking parts will hit the floor,
I can give you what you want,
Churn the ghetto,
Burn the pop,
Light it up,
Let it burn,
Get in line and wait your turn.
Watch the show,
Let it run,
Hold your breath,
Bite your tongue,
Cup a feel,
Grab a lie,
See it home, by your wife.
Try to talk easy,
But doesn't matter what I say,
No words come out, you better watch your mouth cuz',
I've tried to make my way,
While other fools try to compensate,
With words expressing how they feel,
It's in my water with coils of blood,
How many people have I "sweared" I loved?
How many hurdles have I had to jump?
How many lives have I touched?
How many tries have I fucked you up, to try to get what I want?
Don't waste your time to tell me how you feel.
There's your brain,
You're insane,
Who is Lane?
What is Spain?
In this game, who's got shame?
Who shows pain and why so vain?
Grab the train,
Steal the lane,
Buy some stile,
Rent a smile,
Show some skin,
Start to sin,
Stop the spin and start to win.
Try to talk easy,
But doesn't matter what I say,
No words come out, you better watch your mouth cuz',
I've tried to make my way,
While other fools try to compensate,
With words expressing how they feel,
It's in my water with coils of blood,
How many people have I "sweared" I loved?
How many hurdles have I had to jump?
How many lives have I touched?
How many tries have I fucked you up, to try to get what I want?
Don't waste your time to tell me how you feel.
Out all night long,
What's up?
I'm down.
Turn this whole night around.
Living good,
Hesitate.
Place the bet,
Compensate.
Be my play,
Devastate.
Congregate and elevate.
Take your eyes off my pride,
Let it slide,
Redivide,
Multiply,
Chose your side,
It gon' be no lady pie,
Feeling good,
Looking great,
Underwater overway,
Smell my finger,
Pull my tongue,
Sugar coated candy plum.
Try to talk easy,
But doesn't matter what I say,
No words come out, you better watch your mouth cuz',
I've tried to make my way,
While other fools try to compensate,
With words expressing how they feel,
It's in my water with coils of blood,
How many people have I "sweared" I loved?
How many hurdles have I had to jump?
How many lives have I touched?
How many tries have I fucked you up, to try to get what I want?
Don't waste your time to tell me how you feel.
Let your feeling out the door,
Blindfold what's in store,
Never met me before,
Docking parts will hit the floor,
I can give you what you want,
Churn the ghetto,
Burn the pop,
Light it up,
Let it burn,
Get in line and wait your turn.
Watch the show,
Let it run,
Hold your breath,
Bite your tongue,
Cup a feel,
Grab a lie,
See it home, by your wife.
Try to talk easy,
But doesn't matter what I say,
No words come out, you better watch your mouth cuz',
I've tried to make my way,
While other fools try to compensate,
With words expressing how they feel,
It's in my water with coils of blood,
How many people have I "sweared" I loved?
How many hurdles have I had to jump?
How many lives have I touched?
How many tries have I fucked you up, to try to get what I want?
Don't waste your time to tell me how you feel.
There's your brain,
You're insane,
Who is Lane?
What is Spain?
In this game, who's got shame?
Who shows pain and why so vain?
Grab the train,
Steal the lane,
Buy some stile,
Rent a smile,
Show some skin,
Start to sin,
Stop the spin and start to win.
Try to talk easy,
But doesn't matter what I say,
No words come out, you better watch your mouth cuz',
I've tried to make my way,
While other fools try to compensate,
With words expressing how they feel,
It's in my water with coils of blood,
How many people have I "sweared" I loved?
How many hurdles have I had to jump?
How many lives have I touched?
How many tries have I fucked you up, to try to get what I want?
Don't waste your time to tell me how you feel.
Lyrics submitted by Maest
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I believe the song is about a guy who is struggling in life. So this other guy comes up and tells the first guy how he feels. So he tells the guy not to waste his time talking about his feelings. Then he (the first guy, lets call him Jeff) tells him about how he is struggling in life and "How many times has(Jeff) quote, Fued Sh up to try to get what i want". so, thats what i think its about
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