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.
The renegade feeling satisfied
You blinked and closed your eyes
You like the feeling of Saturday
You love the danger in the night
The restless corpse is collapsed wind
The breath is daffodil
What not become what is lapsing
Into the universal fill
Or maybe just
No intention
Or maybe just
No intention
Woah yeah woah
When I am full with endeavor
Nothing can stop
The freshness of my reality
Makes me feel tingly and hot
When you wake up shouting "Idea!"
Is that a punishment?
You represent saying, "I'm real,"
But is that what you meant
Maybe you meant
No intention
Maybe you meant
No intention
Woah ah woah
No intention
No intention
Woah ah woah
You blinked and closed your eyes
You like the feeling of Saturday
You love the danger in the night
The restless corpse is collapsed wind
The breath is daffodil
What not become what is lapsing
Into the universal fill
Or maybe just
No intention
Or maybe just
No intention
Woah yeah woah
When I am full with endeavor
Nothing can stop
The freshness of my reality
Makes me feel tingly and hot
When you wake up shouting "Idea!"
Is that a punishment?
You represent saying, "I'm real,"
But is that what you meant
Maybe you meant
No intention
Maybe you meant
No intention
Woah ah woah
No intention
No intention
Woah ah woah
Lyrics submitted by themorningbell4, edited by pummer
No Intention Lyrics as written by David Donnell Longstreth
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The renegade feeling satisfied You blinked and closed your eyes You like the feeling of Saturday You love the danger in the night The restless corpse is collapsed wind The breath is daffodil What not become what is lapsing Into the universal fill Or maybe just
No intention Or maybe just No inention Woah
When I am full with endeavor Nothing can stop _____ The freshness of my reality Makes me feel tingly and hot When you wake up shouting “Idea!” Is that a punishment? You represent saying, “I’m real,” But is that what you meant Maybe you meant
No intention Maybe you meant No intention Woah
No intention No intention Woah
^Correct lyrics.
beginning of 2nd verse:
When I am full with an __ Nothing can stop gestalt
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It's hard to choose but I'm starting to think this is my favourite song off of Orca Bitte.
This has a lot of intro to psychology terms in it... like gestalt, intention, the idea of punishment vs. reward all that stuff. hm.
this song talks about all the tools who like to just go out and get drunk and all act the same the renegade feeling satisfied is him because he knows hes different the same with freshness of his reality making him feel great about being different its what makes him they represent saying im real but its not what they mean because theyre fake
I listened to the song a few times and it sounds like instead of "the restless corpse is collapsed wind" it's "the restless corpse is collapsed and whipped"
And when you wake up shouting "Ideal" instead of "Idea".
"Tingling" instead of "tingly".
These are opinions; just trying to help where I can.
As for the meaning...I honestly don't know what it's about. Maybe it's about someone who is doubting reality or doesn't think there's a purpose? Someone who used to believe in a certain reality--that everything was created for a reason-- but abandoned that mode of thought for an existential way of thinking. Regardless of there being "no intention" he still manages to enjoy his reality.