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.
Cut the cord that opens up my jaw
cause all these words are wrong,
I'm out of breath from kicking cans at God
And I said Jesus Christ the nights are much too long,
I'm tired of throwing bodies at the moon
I'm sure I will be caught soon
And then I had this dream I was fast as lightning,
flying in a suitcase over these islands
But this time, my dear, I'm not wakin' up
Get it right this time,
I'm throwing lassos at the sky
Catching moments as big as my eyes,
Intoxicating like, like we're on a gold mine
Get it right this time,
I'm throwing islands at your eyes
That's right you got me practicing lies,
Intoxicating like, like we're on a gold mine
Cut the curtains, fall around my head
Yesterday is dead,
I can't erase the stupid things I did
And I said Jesus Christ the nights are much too strong,
I'm tired of throwing bottles at the sun
I'm sure we won't be here long
And then I had this dream I was fast as lightning,
flying in a suitcase over these islands
But this time, my dear, I'm not wakin' up
Get it right this time,
I'm throwing lassos at the sky
Catching moments as big as my eyes,
Intoxicating like, like we're on a gold mine
Get it right this time, I'm throwing islands at your eyes
That's right you got me practicing lies,
Intoxicating like
And lately iIve been thinking about the molecules I've been breathing
and now my skins so soft it breaks with every breath I'm taking
and now my blood is full of airplanes and they're flying me away
From all these god damn dirt bag neighborhoods,
saying don't look back, don't you dare look back at me
All right this time,
we're throwing models at the sun
won't be here for too long
intoxicating like, intoxicating
get it right this time,
I'm throwing islands at your eyes
that's right, you got me practicing lies
intoxicating like, like my love
get it right this time,
I'm throwing lassos at the sky
catching moments as big as my eyes
intoxicating
don't look back, don't you dare look back now
get it right this time,
I'm throwing islands at your eyes
that's right, you got me practicing lies
intoxicating like, like we're on a gold mine
cause all these words are wrong,
I'm out of breath from kicking cans at God
And I said Jesus Christ the nights are much too long,
I'm tired of throwing bodies at the moon
I'm sure I will be caught soon
And then I had this dream I was fast as lightning,
flying in a suitcase over these islands
But this time, my dear, I'm not wakin' up
Get it right this time,
I'm throwing lassos at the sky
Catching moments as big as my eyes,
Intoxicating like, like we're on a gold mine
Get it right this time,
I'm throwing islands at your eyes
That's right you got me practicing lies,
Intoxicating like, like we're on a gold mine
Cut the curtains, fall around my head
Yesterday is dead,
I can't erase the stupid things I did
And I said Jesus Christ the nights are much too strong,
I'm tired of throwing bottles at the sun
I'm sure we won't be here long
And then I had this dream I was fast as lightning,
flying in a suitcase over these islands
But this time, my dear, I'm not wakin' up
Get it right this time,
I'm throwing lassos at the sky
Catching moments as big as my eyes,
Intoxicating like, like we're on a gold mine
Get it right this time, I'm throwing islands at your eyes
That's right you got me practicing lies,
Intoxicating like
And lately iIve been thinking about the molecules I've been breathing
and now my skins so soft it breaks with every breath I'm taking
and now my blood is full of airplanes and they're flying me away
From all these god damn dirt bag neighborhoods,
saying don't look back, don't you dare look back at me
All right this time,
we're throwing models at the sun
won't be here for too long
intoxicating like, intoxicating
get it right this time,
I'm throwing islands at your eyes
that's right, you got me practicing lies
intoxicating like, like my love
get it right this time,
I'm throwing lassos at the sky
catching moments as big as my eyes
intoxicating
don't look back, don't you dare look back now
get it right this time,
I'm throwing islands at your eyes
that's right, you got me practicing lies
intoxicating like, like we're on a gold mine
Lyrics submitted by ShePaintsMeBlue, edited by HeBrokeAString
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