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.
You drain down to the gutter
So bad it bites reality
Echoing sounds of your lover
You tie down your breath for a while
May take some time, sometime
Find a dime and I shiver
Who cares where you carry your name
Tied down by your lover
Break my heart and leave you maim
That's you, that's you, that's you
(Try on)
You cannot make time go backwards
Or make it run fast forward
It will go on without you
Clear is my mind echoing throughout within you
Lay my heart down easy in your hands
Found our hearts are made to shiver
So right would you play me again
Shared by one another
The tears in our veins
Make your pause
and I'll deliver my gold, I've sold my gold
Making my heart work harder
So it can beat much faster
It will go on within me
After my time of passing through
Within you
You cannot make time go backwards
Or make it run fast forward
It will go on without you
Clear is my mind echoing throughout within you
So bad it bites reality
Echoing sounds of your lover
You tie down your breath for a while
May take some time, sometime
Find a dime and I shiver
Who cares where you carry your name
Tied down by your lover
Break my heart and leave you maim
That's you, that's you, that's you
(Try on)
You cannot make time go backwards
Or make it run fast forward
It will go on without you
Clear is my mind echoing throughout within you
Lay my heart down easy in your hands
Found our hearts are made to shiver
So right would you play me again
Shared by one another
The tears in our veins
Make your pause
and I'll deliver my gold, I've sold my gold
Making my heart work harder
So it can beat much faster
It will go on within me
After my time of passing through
Within you
You cannot make time go backwards
Or make it run fast forward
It will go on without you
Clear is my mind echoing throughout within you
Lyrics submitted by douglasson
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First line should read you drain down to the gutter
I actually found the lyrics hidden in the pdf issue of this magazine issuu.com/rvkgrapevine/docs/issue7-2011. (Google finds the lyrics but I had to take apart the whole pdf to see the lines)<br /> there it was 'train' but there were a lot of other mistakes as well... forgot to correct this one, sorry.