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.
Every day I wake up
Every day I wake up alone
Every day I wake up
Every day I wake up alone
Let me open up the discussion with I'm not impressed
With any mother fucking word I say
See, I lied that I cried when he came inside
And now I'm burning a highway to Hades
Shut the fuck up when I'm trying to think
I gotta keep my concentration, give me one more drink
And then I'll try to remember all the advice that my good book told me
And all the lost souls say
Every day I wake up
Every day I wake up alone
(Kill me, just kill me)
Or get me out of the sun
Every day I wake up
Every day I wake up alone
(Kill me, just kill me)
Someone get me out of the sun
Drugs, bars, backseats of cars blowing boys
What a boring life I've led so far
(Just a prime thirteen when I rode his machine)
(Tried to keep my body dirty and my eyes closed and clean)
So with a wink and a smile and a vial of meth
I took his hand and then we walked through the shadow of death
And then I tried to remember all the advice that my teacher told me
And all the lost souls say
Every day I wake up
Every day I wake up alone
(Kill me, just kill me)
Or get me out of the sun
Every day I wake up
Every day I wake up alone
(Kill me, just kill me)
And get me out of the sun
Someone get me out of the sun
Someone get me out of the sun
Deep, deeper, deeper inside
Pull the wool nice and tight
So that it covers your eyes
Can't find a God, a love, a Jesus, a father
I don't even care that much so why do I even bother?
So let me just end how I was gonna begin
Don't waste your time waiting 'cause I'm going back in
Now if I could just remember all the advice that my mother told me
And all the-
And all the lost souls say
Every day I wake up
Every day I wake up alone
(Kill me, just kill me)
Or get me out of the sun
Every day I wake up
Every day I wake up alone
(Kill me, just kill me)
Just get me out of the sun
(Kill me, just kill me)
Someone get me out of the sun
(Kill me, just kill me)
Someone get me out of the sun
Every day I wake up alone
Every day I wake up
Every day I wake up alone
Let me open up the discussion with I'm not impressed
With any mother fucking word I say
See, I lied that I cried when he came inside
And now I'm burning a highway to Hades
Shut the fuck up when I'm trying to think
I gotta keep my concentration, give me one more drink
And then I'll try to remember all the advice that my good book told me
And all the lost souls say
Every day I wake up
Every day I wake up alone
(Kill me, just kill me)
Or get me out of the sun
Every day I wake up
Every day I wake up alone
(Kill me, just kill me)
Someone get me out of the sun
Drugs, bars, backseats of cars blowing boys
What a boring life I've led so far
(Just a prime thirteen when I rode his machine)
(Tried to keep my body dirty and my eyes closed and clean)
So with a wink and a smile and a vial of meth
I took his hand and then we walked through the shadow of death
And then I tried to remember all the advice that my teacher told me
And all the lost souls say
Every day I wake up
Every day I wake up alone
(Kill me, just kill me)
Or get me out of the sun
Every day I wake up
Every day I wake up alone
(Kill me, just kill me)
And get me out of the sun
Someone get me out of the sun
Someone get me out of the sun
Deep, deeper, deeper inside
Pull the wool nice and tight
So that it covers your eyes
Can't find a God, a love, a Jesus, a father
I don't even care that much so why do I even bother?
So let me just end how I was gonna begin
Don't waste your time waiting 'cause I'm going back in
Now if I could just remember all the advice that my mother told me
And all the-
And all the lost souls say
Every day I wake up
Every day I wake up alone
(Kill me, just kill me)
Or get me out of the sun
Every day I wake up
Every day I wake up alone
(Kill me, just kill me)
Just get me out of the sun
(Kill me, just kill me)
Someone get me out of the sun
(Kill me, just kill me)
Someone get me out of the sun
Lyrics submitted by Breakingbenjaminfan, edited by Lunaise, Lyricist11, McReckless, FreshWyoming, EmilySophieRose
Kill Me Lyrics as written by Kato Khandwala Ben Phillips
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