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.
drawing to an end evolution backward
greatest worlds traveling apart
gathering the emptiness of nothing
we're sailing to a past now coming undone
shelter of pure decay
back to the same
primal Zion (future nowhere in sight)
back to where we cam
death and hunger (still the same)
shades of gray
golden birds of prey spinning on your deadlock
every step's one closer to dismay
wide awake and screaming from your own grave
you half the truth, unveil the secrets of time
shelter of hope shelter of life
no leap of faith
back to the same
primal Zion (future nowhere in sight)
back to where we came
death and hunger (still the same)
shades of gray
cracks on the walls, ceiling falling down
blinded by the space around us
bleeding away primordial
utopia embraced
back to where we came
nowhere to be found
(unbroken coil of life)
still we crave and
pray
for a saviour
greatest worlds traveling apart
gathering the emptiness of nothing
we're sailing to a past now coming undone
shelter of pure decay
back to the same
primal Zion (future nowhere in sight)
back to where we cam
death and hunger (still the same)
shades of gray
golden birds of prey spinning on your deadlock
every step's one closer to dismay
wide awake and screaming from your own grave
you half the truth, unveil the secrets of time
shelter of hope shelter of life
no leap of faith
back to the same
primal Zion (future nowhere in sight)
back to where we came
death and hunger (still the same)
shades of gray
cracks on the walls, ceiling falling down
blinded by the space around us
bleeding away primordial
utopia embraced
back to where we came
nowhere to be found
(unbroken coil of life)
still we crave and
pray
for a saviour
Lyrics submitted by PublicFailureNumberOne
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