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.
On dirt like stone
The life paste, the bones of men
That sought to overthrow
Or all that remains
Oh, what they stole
Was innocence, the slate once clean
Has gone as black as coal
Time and time again
Take a look around
The tide is turning upside down
The image of the world
Reflects inside the child's eye
This world
No self-control
No sense of time
No bleeding hearts, no long good-byes
We grow colder every day
But is it all a show?
A game we play
Society vice queens, so fucking bored
And so cliche
Take a look around
The tide is turning upside down
The image of the world
Reflects inside the child's eye
We eat our own to stay alive
Slow and steady now
Slow and steady now
Slow and steady now
Slow and steady now
Slow and steady now, it's time
Take a look around
The tide is turning upside down
The image of the world
Reflects inside the child's eye
We eat our own to stay alive
Around, take a look around
Watch this world reflect
Inside a child's eye
We eat our own to stay alive
The life paste, the bones of men
That sought to overthrow
Or all that remains
Oh, what they stole
Was innocence, the slate once clean
Has gone as black as coal
Time and time again
Take a look around
The tide is turning upside down
The image of the world
Reflects inside the child's eye
This world
No self-control
No sense of time
No bleeding hearts, no long good-byes
We grow colder every day
But is it all a show?
A game we play
Society vice queens, so fucking bored
And so cliche
Take a look around
The tide is turning upside down
The image of the world
Reflects inside the child's eye
We eat our own to stay alive
Slow and steady now
Slow and steady now
Slow and steady now
Slow and steady now
Slow and steady now, it's time
Take a look around
The tide is turning upside down
The image of the world
Reflects inside the child's eye
We eat our own to stay alive
Around, take a look around
Watch this world reflect
Inside a child's eye
We eat our own to stay alive
Lyrics submitted by DarrellJ88, edited by brightonvp
Death Blossoms Lyrics as written by Joseph Principe Brandon Barnes
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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