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.
Soothing repeat
I look down at my feet
It's a hypnotist's arm
And it works like a charm
But I won't be deprived
Real world, surreal life
Do or die
There is time
Go to sleep
You'll be fine
In the morning you'll find
Real life was such a grind
Off I go, day is done
Where a new one's just begun
I look down at my feet
It's a hypnotist's arm
And it works like a charm
But I won't be deprived
Real world, surreal life
Do or die
There is time
Go to sleep
You'll be fine
In the morning you'll find
Real life was such a grind
Off I go, day is done
Where a new one's just begun
Lyrics submitted by fluffet, edited by yellowslocal
Endors Toi Lyrics as written by Kevin Parker
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Does anyone know if the title of this song is a reference to something? Just wondering if it means something/what it means.
Unless it comes from a different language, I interpret the title to relate to the planet Endor from the original Star Wars. It fits with the theme of escapism we find in the lyrics.<br /> <br /> The grammatical structure of the title also reminded of the science fiction novel Ender's Game...
I think it means "go to sleep" in French.
something like that. hehe star wars
tame impala picked a very interesting title for this song. the song is about a man talking about a hypnotic state he is experiencing where he is unsure what kind of reality he is inhabiting. all he knows is to go to sleep and he will be fine. and by sleeping out this "deep, hypnotic sleep"... he can escape the dreary grind of real life and find comfort in a new day. but there's so much more to the lyrics i won't get into the muddy gritty of it. therefore:<br /> <br /> wordreference.com/fren/endormir <br /> <br /> the word "endors" is actually the informal "you" conjugated form of the french verb "endormir". endormir is an interesting french verb (and very clever for this band to pick for this specific song title). it is clever in that it doesn't just have the traditional "to sleep" meaning in the french language. instead endormir is defined as verb more like "to put to sleep" or "to drug to put to sleep" or "to lull to sleep". <br /> <br /> as for the word "toi", it means not just "you" in french, but more like an emphasized "you". we don't have this in english so it's hard to explain this, but this "toi" word put after the informally conjugated verb of "endormir" goes to emphasize the "put/drug YOURSELF to sleep" <br /> <br /> this fits beautifully with the meaning of the song, as we are able to now define the title to mean "put/lull yourself to sleep and simply stop thinking and start DREAMING". absolutely beautiful thinking by these guys<br /> <br /> also to the guy below me named WhatdoIdo you're an absolute fucking retard if you think this band was somehow referring to star wars haha wtf man u srs bra?? you're not gonna make it<br /> <br /> sources: self-taught student of french for 2 years