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.
Defrag the information
Sort out the damaged
A process to gain more power
To speed it all up
Too much shit
Clogging up the system
Heading for a meltdown
Scan and find
Unnecessary blockings
Slowing down the process
Just like a damaged file
We must heal and reboot
And start it up again
To get somewhere
Corrupt transmission
Damaged information
Slaves under the error
End of file
End of life
Redirect or die
Just like a damaged file
We must heal and reboot
And start it up again
To get somewhere
Defrag the information
Sort out the damaged
A process to gain more power
To speed it all up
Too much shit
Way too much fucking shit
In the system!
Sort out the damaged
A process to gain more power
To speed it all up
Too much shit
Clogging up the system
Heading for a meltdown
Scan and find
Unnecessary blockings
Slowing down the process
Just like a damaged file
We must heal and reboot
And start it up again
To get somewhere
Corrupt transmission
Damaged information
Slaves under the error
End of file
End of life
Redirect or die
Just like a damaged file
We must heal and reboot
And start it up again
To get somewhere
Defrag the information
Sort out the damaged
A process to gain more power
To speed it all up
Too much shit
Way too much fucking shit
In the system!
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