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 took my heart away and with his hands we'll take it back
Deceiving tongue of a serpent
You've twisted your ways, now demise is your path
Now I'm feeling a sense of distance between
Who I was just yesterday
How did we slowly let dreams captivate what we thought
Was our reality
I'm reaching, I'm reaching
But I can feel the earth crumble beneath me
Forget what you know, 'cause we are the entity
For far too long we've held your heart in our hands
So say your final goodbyes
Hold on, girl relax
Let's reminisce about the good times in a while
Let's slow dance use your imagination
I can work wonders while all them others stumble down
Girl relax, girl relax
Don't front let's just be honest now
You can show me how
Keep me so close
Let's sober down now baby
These cards we play are making us crazy
Why can't we just pretend like we're alive
Feels like I'm climbing on my own
To reach the top of nothing more
If this is what you call a kingdom
Then I'll build an empire to settle the score
You gave it all away for empty promises
Now you'll never see the end
I could have never imagined that you would want to throw it all away
(Let's get sexy for a second)
We're dreaming of unconditional love
I'd save the grace and rebuild the place from the ground up
'Cause soon enough they'll climb
But the top is where I'll stay
We're dreaming of unconditional love
From the top to the bottom stay 'till everything else fades away
We're dreaming of unconditional love
This is where we'll stay
We're dreaming of unconditional love
From the top to the bottom stay 'till everything else fades away
We're dreaming of unconditional love
This is where we'll stay
Deceiving tongue of a serpent
You've twisted your ways, now demise is your path
Now I'm feeling a sense of distance between
Who I was just yesterday
How did we slowly let dreams captivate what we thought
Was our reality
I'm reaching, I'm reaching
But I can feel the earth crumble beneath me
Forget what you know, 'cause we are the entity
For far too long we've held your heart in our hands
So say your final goodbyes
Hold on, girl relax
Let's reminisce about the good times in a while
Let's slow dance use your imagination
I can work wonders while all them others stumble down
Girl relax, girl relax
Don't front let's just be honest now
You can show me how
Keep me so close
Let's sober down now baby
These cards we play are making us crazy
Why can't we just pretend like we're alive
Feels like I'm climbing on my own
To reach the top of nothing more
If this is what you call a kingdom
Then I'll build an empire to settle the score
You gave it all away for empty promises
Now you'll never see the end
I could have never imagined that you would want to throw it all away
(Let's get sexy for a second)
We're dreaming of unconditional love
I'd save the grace and rebuild the place from the ground up
'Cause soon enough they'll climb
But the top is where I'll stay
We're dreaming of unconditional love
From the top to the bottom stay 'till everything else fades away
We're dreaming of unconditional love
This is where we'll stay
We're dreaming of unconditional love
From the top to the bottom stay 'till everything else fades away
We're dreaming of unconditional love
This is where we'll stay
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