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.
Feel it
Suffocating from the last time before
But I can't see his face
Reaching forward as I rise off the floor
Cause I'm lost in this place
I can feel it surround me
It's breaking the skin
I'm letting it in now I can feel
It surround me
It's all that I see
The reflection is me
Falling faster than the first time before
As I look at you now
Losing focus on my out the door
Cuase I can't make you out
I can feel it surround me
It's breaking the skin
I'm letting it in now I can feel
It surround me
It's all that I see
The reflection is me
It's always right here
It follows me still
The faceless looking back at me
The darkest views
Come focusing through
To see looking back at me
Looking at me
Looking at me
Suffocating from the last time before
But I can't see his face
Reaching forward as I rise off the floor
Cause I'm lost in this place
I can feel it surround me
It's breaking the skin
I'm letting it in now I can feel
It surround me
It's all that I see
The reflection is me
Falling faster than the first time before
As I look at you now
Losing focus on my out the door
Cuase I can't make you out
I can feel it surround me
It's breaking the skin
I'm letting it in now I can feel
It surround me
It's all that I see
The reflection is me
It's always right here
It follows me still
The faceless looking back at me
The darkest views
Come focusing through
To see looking back at me
Looking at me
Looking at me
Lyrics submitted by MusicFREAK20
The Reflection Lyrics as written by Matthew Wilder David Zippel
Lyrics © Walt Disney Music Company
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