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.
Flinching as her wavy hair
hisses
Slithers around and
around
Entangles her
face
Nothing is to be seen
Coils
of our beauty queen's reptile
crown
I can't bare to see your face
Without thinking kill her
I
just want my fucking space
I can
count the six feet under ground
I just wish you were
erased
Who'd think a mirror to
your face could kill
Stone
Your
monster face chews beauty no
more
And how I'd kill to gaze my
eyes upon kind recollection
Where
you and I could bow
Perhaps to
get along less the ugly in
stone
With all the smiles and all
that's kind
put right in your
face
None could silence the sound
Of your hissing moral
chorus
Kill her
Fucking kill
her
Stick the fucking mirror to
her fucking face x2
Queen of the ugly x3
hisses
Slithers around and
around
Entangles her
face
Nothing is to be seen
Coils
of our beauty queen's reptile
crown
I can't bare to see your face
Without thinking kill her
I
just want my fucking space
I can
count the six feet under ground
I just wish you were
erased
Who'd think a mirror to
your face could kill
Stone
Your
monster face chews beauty no
more
And how I'd kill to gaze my
eyes upon kind recollection
Where
you and I could bow
Perhaps to
get along less the ugly in
stone
With all the smiles and all
that's kind
put right in your
face
None could silence the sound
Of your hissing moral
chorus
Kill her
Fucking kill
her
Stick the fucking mirror to
her fucking face x2
Queen of the ugly x3
Lyrics submitted by zombieBADGER
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This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
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Medusa is a character based on Greek mythology, see was a beautiful woman who wasn't supposed to have sex also, long story short she was raped by posiden (god of the sea). So she was punished by being turned to on of the most hideous creatures, with snakes on her head, and she was placed on her own island and if anyone looked at her they would turn to stone, many warriors tried to capture her head to use it as a weapon but none suceeded until one of zues's children was forced to capture her head and Zeus gae him a shinny shield and sword, so to kill her he walked backwards and looked for her with the reflection of his shield, "mirror could kill" so fucking KILL HER
Perseus killed her.
hahahahahaha lol at the comment above me. you're right. it wasnt hercules.