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.
she had a four wing dinosuar
that she has to draw
she pays attention to the image that she saw, yeah
a pencil to the paper
a pluser and subtractor
and she makes a fine feather microraptor
she had a four wing dinosuar
that she has to draw
she pays attention to the image that she saw, yeah
a pencil to the paper
a pluser and subtractor
and she makes a fine feather microraptor
she had a four wing dinosuar
that she has to draw
she pays attention to the image that she saw, yeah
a pencil to the paper
a pluser and subtractor
and she makes a fine feather microraptor
she had a four wing dinosuar
that she has to draw
she pays attention to the image that she saw, yeah
a pencil to the paper
a pluser and subtractor
and she makes a fine feather microraptorrrrrrrrrr!
that she has to draw
she pays attention to the image that she saw, yeah
a pencil to the paper
a pluser and subtractor
and she makes a fine feather microraptor
she had a four wing dinosuar
that she has to draw
she pays attention to the image that she saw, yeah
a pencil to the paper
a pluser and subtractor
and she makes a fine feather microraptor
she had a four wing dinosuar
that she has to draw
she pays attention to the image that she saw, yeah
a pencil to the paper
a pluser and subtractor
and she makes a fine feather microraptor
she had a four wing dinosuar
that she has to draw
she pays attention to the image that she saw, yeah
a pencil to the paper
a pluser and subtractor
and she makes a fine feather microraptorrrrrrrrrr!
Lyrics submitted by chiefinthesky
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Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
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I think it's kind of stupid in general when people say stuff like, "Oh, they were high when they wrote this."
You have no idea what their mental state was when they wrote this. I'm not sure if you've seen their interviews, but they're just really creative/crazy pretty much all the time.
And look, don't get me wrong-- I know they do/have done a lot of drugs, and they very well may have written this song while high. I just think it really cheapens the song to say, just because it's a bizarre song, "Oh, they were definitely high when they wrote this."
You were totally high when you wrote this.
I love this song, it is so bizarre.
theres no meaning, they were baked when they wrote it for sure. anyway, amazing song.
Sick track and first album but they tottaly clowned that hip hop beat. Ahahaha.
i love their early stuff like this. get stoned and trip and then make some nice music. its great!
i hate when people are like "get stoned and listen to this, it's awesome blah blah blah." just relax, let your mind go, and listen to it. it's way cool. just because it might have been written when they were high doesn't mean you have to be high to listen to it.
Yeah, why do people feel they HAVE to be high to open their mind and chill? I guess they don't have enough control to let go of it.
Ok prepare for the learning.
An earlier demo of this song was called Portia Sloan, named after an illustrator who drew for science journals. One of her illustrations (of the Microraptor Gui) was somewhat iconic in the 90s. You can see the picture here: skewsme.com/images/microraptor2b_c.jpg
If you didn't look, it's clearly a picture of a four winged dinosaur.
I'm not a huge fan of their first album, it's just random crap like this.