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're laying here with a beds eye view of a body that no longer belongs to you,
you're scared that the past 3 haven't lived past their 60's and if you break the trend,
you'll just end up like the old folks at Roland and 3939,
you're scared because you're an army brat of a man who died before his time.
I miss those summers, that grill smell, home cooked meals, take me back,
sleeping like a log, healing so fast,
but losing you, i learned to lose my youth, lose my spirit, and now i can't hear it anymore,
and i guess that's life
back then our body parts stayed in place,
we kept up with our own hearts,
it was so easy to temper the sting,
just be fixed by a quick dip back in some old neighbor's swimming pool
now i'm just worn out, and i'll ache like this forever i think,
these shoddy drapes refuse to keep the cold out
and this damn body can't keep the warmth in,
i'm watching my hairline recede, i'm drinking fatigue, i'm fighting heredity
I see less of who i love the most, time's getting away,
and we're so slow to say how fast it goes,
i'm just looking for what's coming, what's built in the blood
but i've never been that sure of anything anyway
and i don't want to heal, i'm just about the perfect amount to look how i feel
and i think about you laying there, waiting for her to get back,
i think about your last 3 breaths and i wonder if you knew,
i think about letting you go
and i guess that's life.
you're scared that the past 3 haven't lived past their 60's and if you break the trend,
you'll just end up like the old folks at Roland and 3939,
you're scared because you're an army brat of a man who died before his time.
I miss those summers, that grill smell, home cooked meals, take me back,
sleeping like a log, healing so fast,
but losing you, i learned to lose my youth, lose my spirit, and now i can't hear it anymore,
and i guess that's life
back then our body parts stayed in place,
we kept up with our own hearts,
it was so easy to temper the sting,
just be fixed by a quick dip back in some old neighbor's swimming pool
now i'm just worn out, and i'll ache like this forever i think,
these shoddy drapes refuse to keep the cold out
and this damn body can't keep the warmth in,
i'm watching my hairline recede, i'm drinking fatigue, i'm fighting heredity
I see less of who i love the most, time's getting away,
and we're so slow to say how fast it goes,
i'm just looking for what's coming, what's built in the blood
but i've never been that sure of anything anyway
and i don't want to heal, i'm just about the perfect amount to look how i feel
and i think about you laying there, waiting for her to get back,
i think about your last 3 breaths and i wonder if you knew,
i think about letting you go
and i guess that's life.
Lyrics submitted by circatbs
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"You're laying here with a beds eye view of a body that no longer belongs to you"
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"You're lying here with a birds eye view of a body that no longer belongs to you,"
@chrissatchell in the lyrics booklet included with the album, it says "beds". But I always thought it was birds too
Well this whole album is based on his father dying and this song in particular as well with the album is about how he can't let go, it's so hard for him to come to terms with how his dad died, and he keeps on regressing to how things used to be.
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Well this whole album is based on his father dying and this song in particular as well with the album is about how he can't let go, it's so hard for him to come to terms with how his dad died, and he keeps on regressing to how things used to be.
He just reminds himself of how quickly times goes by, and how he misses the things he did with his dad, now feel like distant memories.