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.
I saw the tops of trees in an oil spill, ‘front of a hospital,
absent of leaves, standing still against a pale wind.
Then they disappeared when the brakeman came and washed ‘em away,
reaching down from the high rise with lion heart and lamb’s fate.
Now I got my fucking arm around the brakeman’s neck.
He hasn’t brought me home so I ain’t killed him yet.
It’s fucking picturesque how we’re so distressed.
We all got a fucking job in this city.
Come on drag the lake, the marionettes are caught up in their strings.
When the coughing won’t palliate, a pale wind comes in as a billow of smoke.
As I’m sinking in the sand, I hail a cab through the city
and see a thinning man resting next to an ATM.
I grab my green and pay my fare back to quicksand
to barter with the land to cut me a fucking break.
absent of leaves, standing still against a pale wind.
Then they disappeared when the brakeman came and washed ‘em away,
reaching down from the high rise with lion heart and lamb’s fate.
Now I got my fucking arm around the brakeman’s neck.
He hasn’t brought me home so I ain’t killed him yet.
It’s fucking picturesque how we’re so distressed.
We all got a fucking job in this city.
Come on drag the lake, the marionettes are caught up in their strings.
When the coughing won’t palliate, a pale wind comes in as a billow of smoke.
As I’m sinking in the sand, I hail a cab through the city
and see a thinning man resting next to an ATM.
I grab my green and pay my fare back to quicksand
to barter with the land to cut me a fucking break.
Lyrics submitted by castandplot
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