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.
Blind Pew he covers you with colours of the night you'll never meet him in the carnival. Taggada takes the Jakeys for a ride.
And Long John Silver is one of the few that Robbie Stevenson could champion even though the man was fake made up the kind you'd never expect to shoot one of their inmates.
The horizontal stripes will lead you to the west
The vertical hill town huns will leave you own back with your tannadiction chest.
The weakest character in this chapter loves dairy, shadows never shone.
I never met a pretty creature who would crumble at the outcome of a cow,
How come you would tell me farmers never bow.
Metaphors are easy just to talk about it, growing up with spacers I can live without
Fifteen holes is never worth a stolen bike just waiting for a different cunt to say what to write.
There will never be a colour in the sea if you don't have no eyes to see so please don't dwell upon your wooden leg, your limp is boring me.
You see your wallpaper was red polluted with lesbian green.
Red was never your colour it was never your team.
Blue it never even crossed your mind because you never flew a flight,
Golden treasure left you blind.
Fifteen holes is never worth a stolen bike your just waiting for a different cunt to say what to write.
There will never be a colour in the sea if you have not eyes to see.
So don't dwell upon your wooden leg, your fucking limp is boring me.
And Long John Silver is one of the few that Robbie Stevenson could champion even though the man was fake made up the kind you'd never expect to shoot one of their inmates.
The horizontal stripes will lead you to the west
The vertical hill town huns will leave you own back with your tannadiction chest.
The weakest character in this chapter loves dairy, shadows never shone.
I never met a pretty creature who would crumble at the outcome of a cow,
How come you would tell me farmers never bow.
Metaphors are easy just to talk about it, growing up with spacers I can live without
Fifteen holes is never worth a stolen bike just waiting for a different cunt to say what to write.
There will never be a colour in the sea if you don't have no eyes to see so please don't dwell upon your wooden leg, your limp is boring me.
You see your wallpaper was red polluted with lesbian green.
Red was never your colour it was never your team.
Blue it never even crossed your mind because you never flew a flight,
Golden treasure left you blind.
Fifteen holes is never worth a stolen bike your just waiting for a different cunt to say what to write.
There will never be a colour in the sea if you have not eyes to see.
So don't dwell upon your wooden leg, your fucking limp is boring me.
Lyrics submitted by lanee
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I don't know what anyone would mean by that tbh Becci. Kind of a controversial comment there?!
I'm pretty sure the song is actually called 'Distant Doubloon' not DOUBLOOM but I'd more or less go with lucee on this one because it kind of reminded me of the adventure in Treasure Island.
There could be some other meaning deeper than that but on the surface that's what it seems to be about.
'Metaphors are easy just to talk about it, growing up with spacers I can live without' that could possibly be a true and honest comment (maybe the song is a big metaphor) because there's always more to the story than it seems, even in fiction (sometimes it reflects the author's life).
I was thinking it could be about someone who's the puppet and someone else is pulling their strings. The storyteller and the characters - the characters do as they are told. Maybe they've become someone else they're not, almost dependent - 'so don't dwell upon your wooden leg'. 'Your fucking limp is boring me' -the fakeness within it all could have become tired and old that everyone can now see through it.
Just a brief thought, I'm not too sure if there's much to comment on or even a deeper meaning here! The View are unpredictable, it could have just stemmed from a mad night.
Anyway, I would have thought there would have been more comments, especially on more of the songs from the new album.
Didn't realize I'd put an 'm' instead of an 'n', so thanks for pointing that out.