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.
I'm untouchable
Sixteen ways to die, but I'd rather just cut your throat
Unlovable
Bred through hate, product of date rape but you can't wait to cremate
I take lives with steak knives and such
I leave so many cuts that there's nothin left to touch
And I walk with the family mind set on casualty
I put mirrors in ya eyes so ya had to see
That it had to be a mass suicide at your gathering
What a catastrophe
Front page, blame it on us
Scapegoat for all, in Twiztid we trust
In the tour bus headed for the white house lawn
I can only be the scapegoat for so long
You can clear bongs while I clear channels
Live show is sick like cups of brain matter
Whoop whoop
You could never do what I do
Whoop whoop
Even if I became you
Whoop whoop
You gotta let go of the envy
Cause on your best day you'll never be me
Whoop whoop
You could never do what I do
Whoop whoop
Even if I became you
Whoop whoop
You gotta let go of the envy
Cause on your best day you'll never be me
I'm Jeffrey Dahmer with a Wayne Gacey mask on
Drill a hole inside your head and axe it till ya pass on
Amass on cubby holes and crawl spaces
Untrustable
I'm Harvey Dent double sided with Two-Face
Cause I killed Jason at Crystal Lake
Stuck an axe in his back and said it was a mistake
Now the legend is dead, but the legacy lives on
Through the blood in my veins every time I spit out a song
I'm Richard Ramirez with bloody eyes
Leave a pussy stolen and swollen with bloody alibis
I'm a cat with nine lives, a monster with fifty kills
With a shotgun, roamin' the streets of Beverly Hills
I'm in your hood like a street siren
And for whatever motherfucker if you're thinkin' you're gonna take mine
Another product of reality
Call it a blemish on the floor of society's vanity
Whoop whoop
You could never do what I do
Whoop whoop
Even if I became you
Whoop whoop
You gotta let go of the envy
Cause on your best day you'll never be me
Whoop whoop
You could never do what I do
Whoop whoop
Even if I became you
Whoop whoop
You gotta let go of the envy
Cause on your best day you'll never be me
If I cut ya tongue out and left mine in it's place
You still couldn't taste what the fuck I say
I'm a split time for swallowin' razor blades
So I get spit blind for every word that I say
I'm poisonous, better check your thermos
Cause I spikin' all the coffee at your funeral service
I'm a psycho bad boy, all no-purpose
And I stuff bad bitches like a taxidermist.
Whoop whoop
You could never do what I do
Whoop whoop
Even if I became you
Whoop whoop
You gotta let go of the envy
Cause on your best day you'll never be me
Whoop whoop
You could never do what I do
Whoop whoop
Even if I became you
Whoop whoop
You gotta let go of the envy
Cause on your best day you'll never be me
Sixteen ways to die, but I'd rather just cut your throat
Unlovable
Bred through hate, product of date rape but you can't wait to cremate
I take lives with steak knives and such
I leave so many cuts that there's nothin left to touch
And I walk with the family mind set on casualty
I put mirrors in ya eyes so ya had to see
That it had to be a mass suicide at your gathering
What a catastrophe
Front page, blame it on us
Scapegoat for all, in Twiztid we trust
In the tour bus headed for the white house lawn
I can only be the scapegoat for so long
You can clear bongs while I clear channels
Live show is sick like cups of brain matter
Whoop whoop
You could never do what I do
Whoop whoop
Even if I became you
Whoop whoop
You gotta let go of the envy
Cause on your best day you'll never be me
Whoop whoop
You could never do what I do
Whoop whoop
Even if I became you
Whoop whoop
You gotta let go of the envy
Cause on your best day you'll never be me
I'm Jeffrey Dahmer with a Wayne Gacey mask on
Drill a hole inside your head and axe it till ya pass on
Amass on cubby holes and crawl spaces
Untrustable
I'm Harvey Dent double sided with Two-Face
Cause I killed Jason at Crystal Lake
Stuck an axe in his back and said it was a mistake
Now the legend is dead, but the legacy lives on
Through the blood in my veins every time I spit out a song
I'm Richard Ramirez with bloody eyes
Leave a pussy stolen and swollen with bloody alibis
I'm a cat with nine lives, a monster with fifty kills
With a shotgun, roamin' the streets of Beverly Hills
I'm in your hood like a street siren
And for whatever motherfucker if you're thinkin' you're gonna take mine
Another product of reality
Call it a blemish on the floor of society's vanity
Whoop whoop
You could never do what I do
Whoop whoop
Even if I became you
Whoop whoop
You gotta let go of the envy
Cause on your best day you'll never be me
Whoop whoop
You could never do what I do
Whoop whoop
Even if I became you
Whoop whoop
You gotta let go of the envy
Cause on your best day you'll never be me
If I cut ya tongue out and left mine in it's place
You still couldn't taste what the fuck I say
I'm a split time for swallowin' razor blades
So I get spit blind for every word that I say
I'm poisonous, better check your thermos
Cause I spikin' all the coffee at your funeral service
I'm a psycho bad boy, all no-purpose
And I stuff bad bitches like a taxidermist.
Whoop whoop
You could never do what I do
Whoop whoop
Even if I became you
Whoop whoop
You gotta let go of the envy
Cause on your best day you'll never be me
Whoop whoop
You could never do what I do
Whoop whoop
Even if I became you
Whoop whoop
You gotta let go of the envy
Cause on your best day you'll never be me
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