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.
This is nothing original, identifiable
Just familiarity to tap your toes to
The soundtrack to wake up something inside of you
You never knew existed
There is nothing prolific here
Nothing hasn't been done before
This is a sense of time and place
And a feeling to hold on to grow old with this
Hold this as tight as you can, make this timeless
I could remember not too long ago
This was all new to me
Back home things had fell to pieces
But you can't pick them up and start again
Oh no, would have never met you and you
Could have done without me and you
Things change but I wish some stayed the same
This is the spirit of something we never knew
But we all fell hard for it
I'm gonna hold this tight as I can
I'm gonna hold this tight as I can
We will keep singing along
Because when it mattered most
You touched our souls
Every single one of you
What the hell are you doing here?
If all this is and all we are
Are strangers to each other
We will keep singing along
Because when it mattered the most
You touched our souls
Just familiarity to tap your toes to
The soundtrack to wake up something inside of you
You never knew existed
There is nothing prolific here
Nothing hasn't been done before
This is a sense of time and place
And a feeling to hold on to grow old with this
Hold this as tight as you can, make this timeless
I could remember not too long ago
This was all new to me
Back home things had fell to pieces
But you can't pick them up and start again
Oh no, would have never met you and you
Could have done without me and you
Things change but I wish some stayed the same
This is the spirit of something we never knew
But we all fell hard for it
I'm gonna hold this tight as I can
I'm gonna hold this tight as I can
We will keep singing along
Because when it mattered most
You touched our souls
Every single one of you
What the hell are you doing here?
If all this is and all we are
Are strangers to each other
We will keep singing along
Because when it mattered the most
You touched our souls
Lyrics submitted by DyingInTheSun
Timeless Lyrics as written by Wade Macneil
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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