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 want to sit you down and talk
I want to pull back the veils
And find out what it is I’ve done wrong
I want to tear these curtains down
I want you to meet me somewhere tonight in this old
tourist town
And we’ll go low rising
Cause we’ve gotta come up, we’ve gotta come up
Low rising
Cause there’s no further for us to fall
Low rising
Cause I feel we’ve had enough
And we’re, Low rising
All for the love of you
I want to take you to the rock
I want to jump right in and see what that big oceans got
I want to turn this thing around
I want to drink with you all night until we both fall down
‘Til we go low rising
Cause we’ve gotta come up we’ve gotta come up
Low rising
Cause there’s no further for us to fall
Low rising
‘Til I feel we’ve had enough
And we’re Low rising
All for the love of you
Low rising..
Low rising
Cause we’ve gotta come up we’ve gotta come up
Low rising
‘Til I feel we’ve had enough
And we’re Low rising
Cause there’s no further for us to fall
And we’re Low rising
All for the love of you
For the love of you
Low rising, low rising
I wanna sit you down and talk
I wanna sit you down and talk about it now
I want to pull back the veils
And find out what it is I’ve done wrong
I want to tear these curtains down
I want you to meet me somewhere tonight in this old
tourist town
And we’ll go low rising
Cause we’ve gotta come up, we’ve gotta come up
Low rising
Cause there’s no further for us to fall
Low rising
Cause I feel we’ve had enough
And we’re, Low rising
All for the love of you
I want to take you to the rock
I want to jump right in and see what that big oceans got
I want to turn this thing around
I want to drink with you all night until we both fall down
‘Til we go low rising
Cause we’ve gotta come up we’ve gotta come up
Low rising
Cause there’s no further for us to fall
Low rising
‘Til I feel we’ve had enough
And we’re Low rising
All for the love of you
Low rising..
Low rising
Cause we’ve gotta come up we’ve gotta come up
Low rising
‘Til I feel we’ve had enough
And we’re Low rising
Cause there’s no further for us to fall
And we’re Low rising
All for the love of you
For the love of you
Low rising, low rising
I wanna sit you down and talk
I wanna sit you down and talk about it now
Lyrics submitted by one_irish_rover
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