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.
No I won't play that song,
to hear you singing it back.
It is all wrong.
If I ever told the truth,
he was never dead, at least not to you.
But you still sing, you still do.
We are so young.
We are so young now.
Hold your head up for the world to spin around.
Old friend we used to talk.
What we used to say, I can't recall.
Was I really listening?
Was I just waiting for my turn to talk?
I got everything to say too.
We are so young.
We are so young now.
Hold your head up, baby soon I'll be around.
Round and round we go we go.
Round and round we go we go,
and round and round we go we go.
(I know you hate the sound but baby I can't stop)
Round and round we go.
ba da da da da,
ba da da da da, da da da, da
da da da da da.
(ect.)
We are so young.
We are so young now.
Hold your head up for the world to spin around.
We are so young.
We are so young now.
Hold your hands out for what we can't pull down.
to hear you singing it back.
It is all wrong.
If I ever told the truth,
he was never dead, at least not to you.
But you still sing, you still do.
We are so young.
We are so young now.
Hold your head up for the world to spin around.
Old friend we used to talk.
What we used to say, I can't recall.
Was I really listening?
Was I just waiting for my turn to talk?
I got everything to say too.
We are so young.
We are so young now.
Hold your head up, baby soon I'll be around.
Round and round we go we go.
Round and round we go we go,
and round and round we go we go.
(I know you hate the sound but baby I can't stop)
Round and round we go.
ba da da da da,
ba da da da da, da da da, da
da da da da da.
(ect.)
We are so young.
We are so young now.
Hold your head up for the world to spin around.
We are so young.
We are so young now.
Hold your hands out for what we can't pull down.
Lyrics submitted by HeyUngracefulxx
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You've just opened up a whole new interpretation to the song for me EcentC.
I think the first verse may be speaking directly to the band's listeners who go to ACB's concerts.
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Thanks for agreeing<br /> I thought i might be going too in depth with it<br /> <br /> But then again, this is As Cities Burn we're talking about<br /> <br /> I'm not completely sure about the rest of the song, though