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.
Everywhere I go, all the places that I've been
Every smile's a new horizon on a land I've never seen
There are people around the world, different faces, different names
But there's one true emotion that reminds me we're the same
Let's talk about love
From the laughter of a child to the tears of a grown man
There's a thread that runs right through us and helps us understand
As subtle as a breeze that fans a flicker to a flame
From the very first sweet melody to the very last refrain
Let's talk about love
Let's talk about us
Let's talk about life
Let's talk about trust
Let's talk about love
It's the king of all who live and the queen of all good hearts
It's the ace you may keep up your sleeve 'til the name is all but lost
Ooh, as deep as any sea with the rage of any storm
But as gentle as a falling leaf on any autumn morn'
Let's talk about love
Let's talk about us
Let's talk about life
Let's talk about trust
Let's talk about love (it's all were needin')
Let's talk about us (the air we're breathin')
Let's talk about life (I wanna know you)
Let's talk about trust (I wanna show you)
Everywhere I go, all the places that I've been
Every smile's a new horizon on a land I've never seen
There are people around the world, different faces, different names
But there's one true emotion that reminds me we're the same
Ooh, let's talk about love
Let's talk about us
Let's talk about life
Let's talk about trust
Let's talk about love
Let's talk about us
Let's talk about life (it's all were needin')
Let's talk about trust (it's all we're breathin')
Let's talk about love (all were needin')
Let's talk about us (the air we're breathin')
Let's talk about life (baby)
Let's talk about trust (ooh, it's in the air that we're breathin')
Let's talk about love, it's all were needin'
Let's talk about us, the air we're breathin'
Let's talk about life, I wanna know you
Let's talk about trust, I wanna show you
Let's talk about love, it's all were needin' (ooh, my baby, baby)
Let's talk about us, the air we're breathin'
Let's talk about life, I wanna know you
Let's talk about trust, I wanna show you
Let's talk about love, it's all were needin'
Let's talk about us, the air we're breathin'
Let's talk about life, I wanna know you
Let's talk about trust, I wanna show you
Every smile's a new horizon on a land I've never seen
There are people around the world, different faces, different names
But there's one true emotion that reminds me we're the same
Let's talk about love
From the laughter of a child to the tears of a grown man
There's a thread that runs right through us and helps us understand
As subtle as a breeze that fans a flicker to a flame
From the very first sweet melody to the very last refrain
Let's talk about love
Let's talk about us
Let's talk about life
Let's talk about trust
Let's talk about love
It's the king of all who live and the queen of all good hearts
It's the ace you may keep up your sleeve 'til the name is all but lost
Ooh, as deep as any sea with the rage of any storm
But as gentle as a falling leaf on any autumn morn'
Let's talk about love
Let's talk about us
Let's talk about life
Let's talk about trust
Let's talk about love (it's all were needin')
Let's talk about us (the air we're breathin')
Let's talk about life (I wanna know you)
Let's talk about trust (I wanna show you)
Everywhere I go, all the places that I've been
Every smile's a new horizon on a land I've never seen
There are people around the world, different faces, different names
But there's one true emotion that reminds me we're the same
Ooh, let's talk about love
Let's talk about us
Let's talk about life
Let's talk about trust
Let's talk about love
Let's talk about us
Let's talk about life (it's all were needin')
Let's talk about trust (it's all we're breathin')
Let's talk about love (all were needin')
Let's talk about us (the air we're breathin')
Let's talk about life (baby)
Let's talk about trust (ooh, it's in the air that we're breathin')
Let's talk about love, it's all were needin'
Let's talk about us, the air we're breathin'
Let's talk about life, I wanna know you
Let's talk about trust, I wanna show you
Let's talk about love, it's all were needin' (ooh, my baby, baby)
Let's talk about us, the air we're breathin'
Let's talk about life, I wanna know you
Let's talk about trust, I wanna show you
Let's talk about love, it's all were needin'
Let's talk about us, the air we're breathin'
Let's talk about life, I wanna know you
Let's talk about trust, I wanna show you
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Let's Talk About Love Lyrics as written by Jean-jacques Goldman Eliot Kennedy
Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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