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.
Hanging around with you it's like the sunshine's always out
So I move in with you - I move straight back out
I've got someone, a little something for you
Like pouring rain on snow or a stone inside your shoe
Hey! hey!
No I'm not laughing at you, just 'cos I'm not living with you
No I never really believed, I really really see now I see
Hanging around with you I'm like a thorn deep in your side
I learned how to fight the thunderclap with tight-shut eyes
I've got someone, she's a little something for you
Like rainfall all through June or a stone inside your shoe
Hey! hey!
No I'm not laughing at you, just 'cos I'm not living with you
No I never really believed, I really really see now I see, I do
All I really wanted from you, was to see that I was actually through
I've got someone, a little something for you
Like pouring rain on snow or a stone inside your shoe
Hey! hey!
Eyes shut so tight
No I'm not laughing at you, just 'cos I'm not living with you
No I never really believed, I really really see now I see, I do
All really wanted from you, was to see that I was actually through
No I'm not laughing at you, I'm not laughing at you
So I move in with you - I move straight back out
I've got someone, a little something for you
Like pouring rain on snow or a stone inside your shoe
Hey! hey!
No I'm not laughing at you, just 'cos I'm not living with you
No I never really believed, I really really see now I see
Hanging around with you I'm like a thorn deep in your side
I learned how to fight the thunderclap with tight-shut eyes
I've got someone, she's a little something for you
Like rainfall all through June or a stone inside your shoe
Hey! hey!
No I'm not laughing at you, just 'cos I'm not living with you
No I never really believed, I really really see now I see, I do
All I really wanted from you, was to see that I was actually through
I've got someone, a little something for you
Like pouring rain on snow or a stone inside your shoe
Hey! hey!
Eyes shut so tight
No I'm not laughing at you, just 'cos I'm not living with you
No I never really believed, I really really see now I see, I do
All really wanted from you, was to see that I was actually through
No I'm not laughing at you, I'm not laughing at you
Lyrics submitted by TrickPie
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"So I move in with you - I move straight back out" He moves in but things don't go so well
"I've got someone, a little something for you Like pouring rain on snow or a stone inside your shoe Hey! hey!" Unlike how she made him feel, through someone or something he has done he has made her upset or irritated her somehow.
"No I'm not laughing at you, just 'cos I'm not living with you" Break down in communication, he needs to explain why he is laughing cos she feels its at her. Maybe she is self conscious or insecure in their relationship.
"No I never really believed, I really really see now I see" Maybe the feelings he felt at the beginning of the song were not thought through, now he is having second thoughts.
"Hanging around with you I'm like a thorn deep in your side I learned how to fight the thunderclap with tight-shut eyes I've got someone, she's a little something for you Like rainfall all through June or a stone inside your shoe Hey! hey!"
The someone else that he has met is causing tension in their relationship.
The song is therefore about the breakdown of a fleeting relationship with a girl. Things are great, perfect perhaps. But then he meets someone else, and the relationship falls apart. Oh well, better to have loved and lost, than to never have loved at all!