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.
Pull the top down, use your knees to drive
I'll make it worth your while, just let me taste the sky
You pressed your mouth on mine and fed me a star
And said, "we never can truly know who we are."
Know who we are
With the lights out and the night inside
The broken radio was playing suicide
I felt myself falling
I confessed to you, "I saw a body."
You said you'd seen a few
This night has only just begun
If there's discretion that you've not abandoned, now's the time.
We'll burn at best the morning sun
Go grab your bag, I'll bring the gun.
The gun
Keep the top down, use your knees to drive
I'll hide these words, they're only yours to find
You pressed your mouth on mine and said, "they call us stars."
Then said, "we never can truly know who we are."
This night has only just begun
If there's discretion that you've not abandoned, now's the time.
We'll burn at best the morning sun
Go grab your bag, i'll bring the gun.
The gun
Everything was burning bright.
Everyone was frightened.
You said, "stay strong."
Everybody knowing that what we'd invited still remains when we're gone
This night has only just begun
If there's discretion that you've not abondoned, now's the time.
We'll burn at best the morning sun
Go grab your bag, I'll bring the gun,
Oh
This night has only just begun
If there's discretion that you've not abandoned, now's the time.
We'll burn at best the morning sun
Go grab your bag, I'll bring the gun.
The gun
I'll bring the gun
Oh...
I'll make it worth your while, just let me taste the sky
You pressed your mouth on mine and fed me a star
And said, "we never can truly know who we are."
Know who we are
With the lights out and the night inside
The broken radio was playing suicide
I felt myself falling
I confessed to you, "I saw a body."
You said you'd seen a few
This night has only just begun
If there's discretion that you've not abandoned, now's the time.
We'll burn at best the morning sun
Go grab your bag, I'll bring the gun.
The gun
Keep the top down, use your knees to drive
I'll hide these words, they're only yours to find
You pressed your mouth on mine and said, "they call us stars."
Then said, "we never can truly know who we are."
This night has only just begun
If there's discretion that you've not abandoned, now's the time.
We'll burn at best the morning sun
Go grab your bag, i'll bring the gun.
The gun
Everything was burning bright.
Everyone was frightened.
You said, "stay strong."
Everybody knowing that what we'd invited still remains when we're gone
This night has only just begun
If there's discretion that you've not abondoned, now's the time.
We'll burn at best the morning sun
Go grab your bag, I'll bring the gun,
Oh
This night has only just begun
If there's discretion that you've not abandoned, now's the time.
We'll burn at best the morning sun
Go grab your bag, I'll bring the gun.
The gun
I'll bring the gun
Oh...
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I believe someone else had already mentioned how the proper lyrics include : "We'll burn to best the morning's son"
irrelevant backstory begin (skip if you are short on time) I am not all that religious, but I was in Jesus School (Roman Catholic school) from 4th - 8th grade and feel it might be worth mentioning that irrelevant backstory end
my interpretation of this is that the persons in the song either feel themselves or know that others feel that they will be condemned for whatever actions they are taking in their "full abandonment of discretion"
Because: "Morning's son", or properly (son of the dawn, son of the morning, or "morningstar") etc. are all titles to refer to Lucifer
They'll burn to best him, their crimes are at least as bad if not worse than his
@FoolishPhantom, I am surprised that you are the only one who brought this up.\r\n\r\nEverything was burning bright.\r\nEveryone was frightened.\r\nYou said, "stay strong."\r\nEverybody knowing that what we\'d invited still remains when we\'re gone\r\n\r\nWhat do you think they\'d invited that would have everyone frightened and would remain behind after these two have left? This isn\'t the first AFI song to reference Morningstar.