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.
What to do
Nothing new
We tried each other
Let's try another
When you came
Through the door
I felt everything
And nothing that I had before
Tell yourself
It's not yourself
But no one else
Can make me know there's no one else
When you came
Through the door
I was sure
You never even felt the floor
I know
It is wrong
But we just don't belong
In your eyes
In the sun
No we just don't belong
Change your mind
And stop the time
That comes between us
That bends beneath us
If you're mine
I don't mind
We tried another
Let's try each other
I know
It is wrong
But we just don't belong
In your eyes
In the sun
No we just don't belong
In hospitals
In shopping malls
With heavy heads
And locker walls
An empty street
At three a.m.
You told me you're not one of them
We took a vow
To never sleep
While there was still air left to breathe
And you're the same
So slightly strange
Among the fakes you knew the pains
I know
It is wrong
But we just don't belong
In your eyes
In the sun
No we just don't belong
I know
It is wrong
But we just don't belong
In your eyes
In the sun
No we just don't belong
We just don't belong
We just don't belong
We just don't belong
Don't belong
Don't belong
We just don't belong
Don't belong
Don't belong
We just don't belong
Don't belong
Don't belong
We just don't belong
Nothing new
We tried each other
Let's try another
When you came
Through the door
I felt everything
And nothing that I had before
Tell yourself
It's not yourself
But no one else
Can make me know there's no one else
When you came
Through the door
I was sure
You never even felt the floor
I know
It is wrong
But we just don't belong
In your eyes
In the sun
No we just don't belong
Change your mind
And stop the time
That comes between us
That bends beneath us
If you're mine
I don't mind
We tried another
Let's try each other
I know
It is wrong
But we just don't belong
In your eyes
In the sun
No we just don't belong
In hospitals
In shopping malls
With heavy heads
And locker walls
An empty street
At three a.m.
You told me you're not one of them
We took a vow
To never sleep
While there was still air left to breathe
And you're the same
So slightly strange
Among the fakes you knew the pains
I know
It is wrong
But we just don't belong
In your eyes
In the sun
No we just don't belong
I know
It is wrong
But we just don't belong
In your eyes
In the sun
No we just don't belong
We just don't belong
We just don't belong
We just don't belong
Don't belong
Don't belong
We just don't belong
Don't belong
Don't belong
We just don't belong
Don't belong
Don't belong
We just don't belong
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