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.
Mount Marcy is growing sparse
She is the farce that I would like to tell
From the bottom of your well
Feel the bushes, brambles rambling
Ample sapling, suckling all the air
And the north from Marcy’s hair
When my death-day comes
When my death-day numbs me
I shall become one
I shall become nothing
And something
Something is the heaven-king for me
Your crucifixion-three-large-hills are
Shadow-making over stilts we built
On the mountain’s silt
Marcy, you’re my favorite love
Seventeen and freckled like a soul
To forget you would be so
Hard on me
Hard on me
Hard on me to cut you from my dream-range
But we shall become one
We shall become nothing
And something
That something is the heaven-king for me!
Birds are chirping, you’re usurping
Things that I would never want to tell
From the top of your landfill
Workers smoking, all evoking
Western counties, full of filth and love
To which you’re bound above
When my death-day comes
For certain, I’ll be sorry
For all that I have done indoors
When outside sons were shining
They are blinding, binding
Reminding me the heaven-king is one
She is the farce that I would like to tell
From the bottom of your well
Feel the bushes, brambles rambling
Ample sapling, suckling all the air
And the north from Marcy’s hair
When my death-day comes
When my death-day numbs me
I shall become one
I shall become nothing
And something
Something is the heaven-king for me
Your crucifixion-three-large-hills are
Shadow-making over stilts we built
On the mountain’s silt
Marcy, you’re my favorite love
Seventeen and freckled like a soul
To forget you would be so
Hard on me
Hard on me
Hard on me to cut you from my dream-range
But we shall become one
We shall become nothing
And something
That something is the heaven-king for me!
Birds are chirping, you’re usurping
Things that I would never want to tell
From the top of your landfill
Workers smoking, all evoking
Western counties, full of filth and love
To which you’re bound above
When my death-day comes
For certain, I’ll be sorry
For all that I have done indoors
When outside sons were shining
They are blinding, binding
Reminding me the heaven-king is one
Lyrics submitted by frozeninsideitall, edited by jacob68265
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