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 tearing up the letters that you wrote me
And I’m hiding all the pictures that we took
Cause if we’re being honest I know I’m gonna miss you
And the feeling I got when you gave me that look
But this fairytale didn’t have a happy ending
No there was not a “happily ever after”
And I guess I just wasn’t your prince charming
After all, your crying was louder than your laughter
But I know this is how it’s got to be
Things just weren’t meant to be
We gave it our best shot,
We tried our hardest
We just lost a war with fate
And eventually we parted
I’m so sad to watch this go
But there’s nothing we can do
There just cannot be
A me and...
And all the songs on the stereo never fail
To remind me of everything we had
But the long drives to and from your house are gone now
So I’m refreshing my playlist and I’ll turn it up loud
Yeah I know this is how it has got to be
Things just weren’t meant to be
We gave it our best shot,
We tried our hardest
We just lost a war with fate
And eventually we parted
I’m so sad to watch this go
But there’s nothing we can do
There just cannot be
A me and…
How could this happen to you and me?
Something rock solid until eternity.
And like nothing our rock shattered into a million broken pieces
No amount of damage control could’ve stopped the both of us from bleeding
So I know this is how it’s got to be
Things just weren’t meant to be
We gave it our best shot, (Oh)
We tried our hardest
We just lost a war with fate (Oh)
And eventually we parted
I’m so sad to watch this go
But there’s nothing we can do
There just cannot be
There just cannot be
There just will not be
A me and you.
And I’m hiding all the pictures that we took
Cause if we’re being honest I know I’m gonna miss you
And the feeling I got when you gave me that look
But this fairytale didn’t have a happy ending
No there was not a “happily ever after”
And I guess I just wasn’t your prince charming
After all, your crying was louder than your laughter
But I know this is how it’s got to be
Things just weren’t meant to be
We gave it our best shot,
We tried our hardest
We just lost a war with fate
And eventually we parted
I’m so sad to watch this go
But there’s nothing we can do
There just cannot be
A me and...
And all the songs on the stereo never fail
To remind me of everything we had
But the long drives to and from your house are gone now
So I’m refreshing my playlist and I’ll turn it up loud
Yeah I know this is how it has got to be
Things just weren’t meant to be
We gave it our best shot,
We tried our hardest
We just lost a war with fate
And eventually we parted
I’m so sad to watch this go
But there’s nothing we can do
There just cannot be
A me and…
How could this happen to you and me?
Something rock solid until eternity.
And like nothing our rock shattered into a million broken pieces
No amount of damage control could’ve stopped the both of us from bleeding
So I know this is how it’s got to be
Things just weren’t meant to be
We gave it our best shot, (Oh)
We tried our hardest
We just lost a war with fate (Oh)
And eventually we parted
I’m so sad to watch this go
But there’s nothing we can do
There just cannot be
There just cannot be
There just will not be
A me and you.
Lyrics submitted by NateLogan
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