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 spine just squinted and my eye is weak
I can’t find peace in a form of speech
My views change color red hot, ice cold
Black ain’t a color happiness ain’t gold
It’s hard for me to feel normal easy to feel free
It’s hard for you to understand if you can’t feel me
I'll understand
I ain’t in a western in a way I can grasp
I try to hold on to something that is fast
If something is a way of saying you don’t know
Then a name is just a way of being visible
My name is someone junior
Who is my dad?
Mama is a Catherine Anne Hoover
and she’s all that
My name is something someone junior
Who is my dad?
Mama is a Catherine Anne Hoover
and she’s all that
It’s hard for me to feel normal easy to feel free
It’s hard for you to understand if you can’t feel me
I'll understand
And a bag of crypt I’m a municipal and the mundane
I try to keep weird keep away from the same
I haven’t read an outline on how to pass youth
Rather than get passed I pass doobs
I’m out I’m in it’s hard to live in this given culture
All the hers and hims
All of the rats, snakes, and youth vultures around
My heart’s out of shape and my head’s in a cast
I try to hold on to something that is fast
If something is a way of saying you don’t know
Then a name is just a way of being visible
My name is someone junior
Who is my dad?
Mama is a Catherine Anne Hoover
and she’s all that
My name is something someone junior
Who is my dad?
Mama is a Catherine Anne Hoover
and she’s all that
I can’t find peace in a form of speech
My views change color red hot, ice cold
Black ain’t a color happiness ain’t gold
It’s hard for me to feel normal easy to feel free
It’s hard for you to understand if you can’t feel me
I'll understand
I ain’t in a western in a way I can grasp
I try to hold on to something that is fast
If something is a way of saying you don’t know
Then a name is just a way of being visible
My name is someone junior
Who is my dad?
Mama is a Catherine Anne Hoover
and she’s all that
My name is something someone junior
Who is my dad?
Mama is a Catherine Anne Hoover
and she’s all that
It’s hard for me to feel normal easy to feel free
It’s hard for you to understand if you can’t feel me
I'll understand
And a bag of crypt I’m a municipal and the mundane
I try to keep weird keep away from the same
I haven’t read an outline on how to pass youth
Rather than get passed I pass doobs
I’m out I’m in it’s hard to live in this given culture
All the hers and hims
All of the rats, snakes, and youth vultures around
My heart’s out of shape and my head’s in a cast
I try to hold on to something that is fast
If something is a way of saying you don’t know
Then a name is just a way of being visible
My name is someone junior
Who is my dad?
Mama is a Catherine Anne Hoover
and she’s all that
My name is something someone junior
Who is my dad?
Mama is a Catherine Anne Hoover
and she’s all that
Lyrics submitted by kuloh32
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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