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.
You walk the streets
Never feel no guilt
You make your money selling guns on a playground
I'm so ashamed
Cause we're all the same
Killing in the name money is the game now
And you're buying bombs
And we pay the price
Eat your lies and we feed it to the children
Is this what you want
Is this what you need
You're gonna kill us all to bring peace
My blood, my soul is my enemy
My love, my life is poison to me
I know it's not how it's supposed to be
Got no choice, no voice I have no dignity
You manipulate
With your bag of tricks
You're playing God with the world on my shoulder
Can't regulate
'Cause the worlds at stake
We're so lost that we all feel it's over
But I'm the one to blame
For this burning pain
It's eating up the world
And we gonna live it in shame
It's hard to maintain
When it's so insane
It's so, so insane
So kids don't listen to your parents
The parents can't teach us
All they ever left was a world in a mess
My blood, my soul is my enemy
My love, my life is poison to me
I know it's not how it's supposed to be
Got no choice, no voice I have no dignity
C'mon yeah,
We got no control
Of the state of our minds
Now I see that
All I ever lived was a lie
We're all duped to believe that there's no way around,
There's no way around, there's no way around! (There's no way around!)
My blood, my soul is my enemy
My love, my life is poison to me
I know it's not how it's supposed to be
Got no choice, no voice I have no dignity
My blood, my soul is my enemy
My love, my life is poison to me
I know it's not how it's supposed to be
Got no choice, no voice I have no dignity, dignity, dignity
Never feel no guilt
You make your money selling guns on a playground
I'm so ashamed
Cause we're all the same
Killing in the name money is the game now
And you're buying bombs
And we pay the price
Eat your lies and we feed it to the children
Is this what you want
Is this what you need
You're gonna kill us all to bring peace
My blood, my soul is my enemy
My love, my life is poison to me
I know it's not how it's supposed to be
Got no choice, no voice I have no dignity
You manipulate
With your bag of tricks
You're playing God with the world on my shoulder
Can't regulate
'Cause the worlds at stake
We're so lost that we all feel it's over
But I'm the one to blame
For this burning pain
It's eating up the world
And we gonna live it in shame
It's hard to maintain
When it's so insane
It's so, so insane
So kids don't listen to your parents
The parents can't teach us
All they ever left was a world in a mess
My blood, my soul is my enemy
My love, my life is poison to me
I know it's not how it's supposed to be
Got no choice, no voice I have no dignity
C'mon yeah,
We got no control
Of the state of our minds
Now I see that
All I ever lived was a lie
We're all duped to believe that there's no way around,
There's no way around, there's no way around! (There's no way around!)
My blood, my soul is my enemy
My love, my life is poison to me
I know it's not how it's supposed to be
Got no choice, no voice I have no dignity
My blood, my soul is my enemy
My love, my life is poison to me
I know it's not how it's supposed to be
Got no choice, no voice I have no dignity, dignity, dignity
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