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.
My father said to me
When I was two years old
That I could walk on my own
And as the years went by
He said: 'Don't ever stop
Until you find your way home'
He said: 'Life is a journey
Every step is a choice you make
Sometimes you slip when you land
And all we leave behind
When everything's said and done
Fades like a wave on the sand'
Live all you can
And understand
If the world didn't suck
We would all fall off
Whatever goes up
Must always come down again
If the world didn't suck
We would all fall off
And when I fell in love
He walked me down the aisle
And I could see in his eyes
The love he'd given me
Is what had set me free
To let me follow my heart
Life is a journey
Every step is a choice you make
Sometimes you stumble and fall
Get up, be strong
And set your feet on the road again
Soon you will be standing tall
Live all you can
And understand
If the world didn't suck
We would all fall off
Whatever goes up
Must always come down again
If the world didn't suck
We would all fall off
History repeats itself, repeats itself, repeats itself
History repeats itself, repeats itself, repeats itself
History repeats itself, repeats itself, repeats itself
History repeats itself, repeats itself, repeats itself
Do you get the way we're connected
That we're all a link in the chain
How the love we give to each other
Echoes through our children again
Gotta keep your feet on the ground but
Free your mind and learn to accept that we
That we
That we
That we
That we
That we
We live all we can
Trying to understand
If the world didn't suck
We would all fall off
We give all we got
'Cause we only get one shot - yeah
If the world didn't suck
We would all fall off
Whatever goes up (History repeats itself)
Must always come down again (Repeats itself, repeats itself)
If the world didn't suck
We would all fall off
When I was two years old
That I could walk on my own
And as the years went by
He said: 'Don't ever stop
Until you find your way home'
He said: 'Life is a journey
Every step is a choice you make
Sometimes you slip when you land
And all we leave behind
When everything's said and done
Fades like a wave on the sand'
Live all you can
And understand
If the world didn't suck
We would all fall off
Whatever goes up
Must always come down again
If the world didn't suck
We would all fall off
And when I fell in love
He walked me down the aisle
And I could see in his eyes
The love he'd given me
Is what had set me free
To let me follow my heart
Life is a journey
Every step is a choice you make
Sometimes you stumble and fall
Get up, be strong
And set your feet on the road again
Soon you will be standing tall
Live all you can
And understand
If the world didn't suck
We would all fall off
Whatever goes up
Must always come down again
If the world didn't suck
We would all fall off
History repeats itself, repeats itself, repeats itself
History repeats itself, repeats itself, repeats itself
History repeats itself, repeats itself, repeats itself
History repeats itself, repeats itself, repeats itself
Do you get the way we're connected
That we're all a link in the chain
How the love we give to each other
Echoes through our children again
Gotta keep your feet on the ground but
Free your mind and learn to accept that we
That we
That we
That we
That we
That we
We live all we can
Trying to understand
If the world didn't suck
We would all fall off
We give all we got
'Cause we only get one shot - yeah
If the world didn't suck
We would all fall off
Whatever goes up (History repeats itself)
Must always come down again (Repeats itself, repeats itself)
If the world didn't suck
We would all fall off
Lyrics submitted by ForTehLulz
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