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.
Will my afflictions follow me to the grave
Hidden from my life in sanity
Will I remember the misery
Longin’ for the darkness inside of me
Perhaps I’m hiding from another world
The truth you see could be my hatred
Turn the wheel, discover who will be the one
To make the demon start possessing me
What’s the intention of life in earthly hell
Some ordeal or just a sacred spell
Without forgiveness, nowhere to dwell
Haunted by immortals I feel repelled
My former days are lost behind a shade
And all my feelings are conflicting
I can’t see the course to follow to be free
Slowly I fall into insanity
Hiding from the horror, I’m too afraid to see
Trying to escape your hostility
Evil persecution, dispelling all my dreams
Conquering the faith of my beliefs
Our lives keep floating in disharmony
Maybe it all was predicted
I can’t remember, but still I see
It’s so hard to regain the sympathy
My mind repeats I’ve lost my faith in you
But still I search for resurrection
For my soul, but no forgiveness for my sins
Cannot recall my own perdition
Evil persecution, dispelling all my dreams
Conquering the faith of my beliefs
Is our future lost behind a shade - lost behind
With no way to solve the blackened day - the blackened day
Will I have the power to regain my strength
And prevent eventual decay - final decay......oh no !
Into a blackened gate I’ll fall - I will fall
Will I meet a saviour in the end - meet my demon
And I’m not sorry, I feel no regrets
Perhaps the time for me has come - my time has come
Hidden from my life in sanity
Will I remember the misery
Longin’ for the darkness inside of me
Perhaps I’m hiding from another world
The truth you see could be my hatred
Turn the wheel, discover who will be the one
To make the demon start possessing me
What’s the intention of life in earthly hell
Some ordeal or just a sacred spell
Without forgiveness, nowhere to dwell
Haunted by immortals I feel repelled
My former days are lost behind a shade
And all my feelings are conflicting
I can’t see the course to follow to be free
Slowly I fall into insanity
Hiding from the horror, I’m too afraid to see
Trying to escape your hostility
Evil persecution, dispelling all my dreams
Conquering the faith of my beliefs
Our lives keep floating in disharmony
Maybe it all was predicted
I can’t remember, but still I see
It’s so hard to regain the sympathy
My mind repeats I’ve lost my faith in you
But still I search for resurrection
For my soul, but no forgiveness for my sins
Cannot recall my own perdition
Evil persecution, dispelling all my dreams
Conquering the faith of my beliefs
Is our future lost behind a shade - lost behind
With no way to solve the blackened day - the blackened day
Will I have the power to regain my strength
And prevent eventual decay - final decay......oh no !
Into a blackened gate I’ll fall - I will fall
Will I meet a saviour in the end - meet my demon
And I’m not sorry, I feel no regrets
Perhaps the time for me has come - my time has come
Lyrics submitted by TheIndestructableD
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