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.
"Bastard Angel"
It's embarassing to see you wave that flag
When you try to give yourself a navigated tone,
You fix your damp collar, a wring of blood to your dick
You'd like it but it will not work.
You try to make me feel
Guilty for never, never having had
An identity, a defined and conformed
Middle class sexuality.
All the uniforms are shit
All the ideals are shit
Love and this nation have forced us
In a chain of sperm and blood.
A bastard angel will take me away from
The fatted tummy of God,
He will be the precise sniper that
Will center my weak chest.
A bastard angel will lick my wound while
Your hand will leave me,
While your hand will leave me
Bleeding on the floor.
Walk around my smashed skull
Walk around my disabled strenght,
I don't want to die so I can see your flesh crumble,
Your chest open.
The right road's the lie of intellectuals and criminals
Love won't give life to... the children we've never had,
Love won't give life to this job that will bury us.
Dissidents, passionate lovers and combed proud soldiers
Don't ask me more questions because
I've no memory because I never will...
A bastard angel will take me away from
The fatted tummy of God,
He will be the precise sniper that
Will center my weak chest.
A bastard angel will lick my wound while
Your hand will leave me,
While your hand will leave me
Bleeding on the floor.
You'll leave me bleeding
You'll leave me bleeding
You'll leave me bleeding
...Bleeding on the floor.
You'll leave me bleeding
You'll leave me bleeding
You'll leave me bleeding
...Bleeding on the floor.
It's embarassing to see you wave that flag
When you try to give yourself a navigated tone,
You fix your damp collar, a wring of blood to your dick
You'd like it but it will not work.
You try to make me feel
Guilty for never, never having had
An identity, a defined and conformed
Middle class sexuality.
All the uniforms are shit
All the ideals are shit
Love and this nation have forced us
In a chain of sperm and blood.
A bastard angel will take me away from
The fatted tummy of God,
He will be the precise sniper that
Will center my weak chest.
A bastard angel will lick my wound while
Your hand will leave me,
While your hand will leave me
Bleeding on the floor.
Walk around my smashed skull
Walk around my disabled strenght,
I don't want to die so I can see your flesh crumble,
Your chest open.
The right road's the lie of intellectuals and criminals
Love won't give life to... the children we've never had,
Love won't give life to this job that will bury us.
Dissidents, passionate lovers and combed proud soldiers
Don't ask me more questions because
I've no memory because I never will...
A bastard angel will take me away from
The fatted tummy of God,
He will be the precise sniper that
Will center my weak chest.
A bastard angel will lick my wound while
Your hand will leave me,
While your hand will leave me
Bleeding on the floor.
You'll leave me bleeding
You'll leave me bleeding
You'll leave me bleeding
...Bleeding on the floor.
You'll leave me bleeding
You'll leave me bleeding
You'll leave me bleeding
...Bleeding on the floor.
Lyrics submitted by Scissors333
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I believe the last verse might be more correctly, "...Bleeding on your floor." That is, rather than, "...Bleeding on the floor." That is at least the way it's sung in the live music video. (Check YouTube.com.)