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.
The silence (in khmer)
Don't go
Does it have to be this way?
Can't we have just one more chance?
Those who know
They will not say
Must this be the final
Dance in our lives?
As time just moves on
Yesterday's years
Are too quickly gone
All visions fade
As worlds fall apart
Decisions are made
But there in this dark now
There in this dark now
Somewhere on this night
A life is out there
And can someone tell me how
Here on this night
So far away
Bits of starlight
Fall where they may
I never wanted to go
I never wanted to stay
I never wanted to be afraid
But still
Childhood sees what childhood will
But nothing ever stays the same
I fear the night
I fear the dark
I need this light
That distant spark
I know that
Somewhere
Someone's looking to deceive and
Somewhere
Young men die and children bleed and
Somewhere
Some have too much while others need and
Somewhere
Someone's looking to believe and
Somewhere
Somewhere
Somewhere
Somewhere
And the night and the dark
And the hopes and the dreams
As we all play our parts
While ignoring the screams
So we lie to ourselves
And we just carry on
Never stop, never turn
Don't admit what is
Gone in to this twisted story
All these things so clear before me
Every path we've ever taken
Can't admit we were mistaken
In this night
Of my devising
Never live
And never dying
Each escape
I've never taken
Never dream
And never waken
Somewhere
Someone's looking to deceive and
Somewhere
Young men die and children bleed and
Somewhere
Some have too much while others need and
Somewhere
Someone's looking to believe and...
[Tran-Do sees himself as a snake oil salesman selling the same lies that he was sold in a carnival barker's voice.]
Come one come all
Welcome to the world's greatest entertainment since the fall of rome
Life, death
Victims, voyeurs
The best of society
The lowest of plebeians
And to keep it all in extremely interesting, today's patrons
Could very easily be tomorrow's entertainment
All compliments of the ultimate showman fate
All that's missing is the coliseum
[Tran-Do turns away from the apparition of himself as a snake oil salesman, and once more looks into the abyss.]
Did you ever walk up
To the edge of a cliff
Stare into the abyss
As your mind wonders if
You should take one more step
Further into that night
Well your mind says you won't
But your heart says you might
Would you fall through the dark
Feel the wind in your hair
Would you embrace the ground
And end your life right there
Or would god reach his hand
And that moment you fly
Or if he chanced to blink
And then, that moment you die
You die
You die
You die
Stare into the dark
As the abyss keeps calling
Try to take a step
But then the mind keeps stalling
Can a single question
Just go on forever
As a single thought goes on
It's now or never
Stare into the dark
As the abyss keeps calling
Try to take a step
But then the mind keeps stalling
Can a single question
Just go on forever
As a single thought goes on
It's now or never
Never really took much
Never really had to
Only had a small crush
Problem was that it grew
Never really took much
Never really had to
Only had a small crush
Problem was that it grew
Be who you are
What you were
What they see
From eternity's view
Tell me
Which one is me
Can you
Be who you are
What you were
What they see
From eternity's view
Tell me
Which one is me
On this night
Keep me close
On this night
Breathe my air
On this night
Hold me tight
Feel my heart
Beating there
On this night
Keep me close
On this night
Breathe my air
On this night
Hold me tight
Feel my heart
Beating there
On this night
Keep me close
On this night
Breathe my air
On this night
Hold me tight
Feel my heart
Beating there
Did you ever walk up
To the edge of a cliff
Stare into the abyss
As your mind wonders if
You should take one more step
Further into that night
Well your mind says you won't
But then this all is your life
Your life
Your life
This all is your life
Your life
Your life
This all is your life
Your life
Your life
This all is your life
Your life
Your life
This all is your
Is your life
Is your life
Is your life
Is your life
Don't go
Does it have to be this way?
Can't we have just one more chance?
Those who know
They will not say
Must this be the final
Dance in our lives?
As time just moves on
Yesterday's years
Are too quickly gone
All visions fade
As worlds fall apart
Decisions are made
But there in this dark now
There in this dark now
Somewhere on this night
A life is out there
And can someone tell me how
Here on this night
So far away
Bits of starlight
Fall where they may
I never wanted to go
I never wanted to stay
I never wanted to be afraid
But still
Childhood sees what childhood will
But nothing ever stays the same
I fear the night
I fear the dark
I need this light
That distant spark
I know that
Somewhere
Someone's looking to deceive and
Somewhere
Young men die and children bleed and
Somewhere
Some have too much while others need and
Somewhere
Someone's looking to believe and
Somewhere
Somewhere
Somewhere
Somewhere
And the night and the dark
And the hopes and the dreams
As we all play our parts
While ignoring the screams
So we lie to ourselves
And we just carry on
Never stop, never turn
Don't admit what is
Gone in to this twisted story
All these things so clear before me
Every path we've ever taken
Can't admit we were mistaken
In this night
Of my devising
Never live
And never dying
Each escape
I've never taken
Never dream
And never waken
Somewhere
Someone's looking to deceive and
Somewhere
Young men die and children bleed and
Somewhere
Some have too much while others need and
Somewhere
Someone's looking to believe and...
[Tran-Do sees himself as a snake oil salesman selling the same lies that he was sold in a carnival barker's voice.]
Come one come all
Welcome to the world's greatest entertainment since the fall of rome
Life, death
Victims, voyeurs
The best of society
The lowest of plebeians
And to keep it all in extremely interesting, today's patrons
Could very easily be tomorrow's entertainment
All compliments of the ultimate showman fate
All that's missing is the coliseum
[Tran-Do turns away from the apparition of himself as a snake oil salesman, and once more looks into the abyss.]
Did you ever walk up
To the edge of a cliff
Stare into the abyss
As your mind wonders if
You should take one more step
Further into that night
Well your mind says you won't
But your heart says you might
Would you fall through the dark
Feel the wind in your hair
Would you embrace the ground
And end your life right there
Or would god reach his hand
And that moment you fly
Or if he chanced to blink
And then, that moment you die
You die
You die
You die
Stare into the dark
As the abyss keeps calling
Try to take a step
But then the mind keeps stalling
Can a single question
Just go on forever
As a single thought goes on
It's now or never
Stare into the dark
As the abyss keeps calling
Try to take a step
But then the mind keeps stalling
Can a single question
Just go on forever
As a single thought goes on
It's now or never
Never really took much
Never really had to
Only had a small crush
Problem was that it grew
Never really took much
Never really had to
Only had a small crush
Problem was that it grew
Be who you are
What you were
What they see
From eternity's view
Tell me
Which one is me
Can you
Be who you are
What you were
What they see
From eternity's view
Tell me
Which one is me
On this night
Keep me close
On this night
Breathe my air
On this night
Hold me tight
Feel my heart
Beating there
On this night
Keep me close
On this night
Breathe my air
On this night
Hold me tight
Feel my heart
Beating there
On this night
Keep me close
On this night
Breathe my air
On this night
Hold me tight
Feel my heart
Beating there
Did you ever walk up
To the edge of a cliff
Stare into the abyss
As your mind wonders if
You should take one more step
Further into that night
Well your mind says you won't
But then this all is your life
Your life
Your life
This all is your life
Your life
Your life
This all is your life
Your life
Your life
This all is your life
Your life
Your life
This all is your
Is your life
Is your life
Is your life
Is your life
Lyrics submitted by CynicalTruth
Epiphany Lyrics as written by John N. Oliva John Oliva
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
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This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
I just love the second part of this song (starting from "Did you ever walk up to the edge of a cliff"); it's such a beautiful allegory for taking risks and having to decide between what may seem the logical solution and what you feel is the solution YOU NEED. If you take that final step you either win everything or lose it all - it depends on your luck.
And also, I see TSO came back to a theme they sang about in "What Is Eternal": which actions/thoughts/images decide the nature of a person, in the end? "From Eternity's view", is he the man he used to be, or the reformed version of himself? Which one really matters?
Their songs might have a bit too much pathos; (or sometimes sound downright cheesy); but damn, I love them anyway!