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.
(Intro)
Close to the moon (x3)
Oh so close to the moon
Close to the moon (x2)
I wanna take you so close
(Verse 1)
A passion for life fantastic
Nest egg in a gold basket, next to go
Ima hug kiss the good life, X n' O
Hey, feel better than X and Blow
Get high from myline turn text to notes
Get these niggas gassed up like Texaco
Watch your bitch pop Pepsi Co
Ever since I was a embryo
Had magic flow, young dynamo
Young killa, young illa with the finer flow
Young rapido, never will, never half a ho
Came to celebrate and have a toast
Young sis livin' fancy - yo
(Chorus)
Boy me and you, oh
So close to the moon
If it’s okay-ay for you
Close to the moon
And I wannna take you so close
Tryina say I’m here for the fantasea
I'll be, your fantasea
I'll be, your fantasea
Take you close
(Verse 2)
Fast forward live half your life
No wrong cause the cash was right
Have a bitch blink twice like hazard light
More than a great way, pass suffice
Non believers on asinine
Burning people like Fahrenheit
Run the world like Satellite
Baby girl got, baby girl got options right
PJ to the PH, pass the light
Far from the passive type
I excite your life and ass it
Better than your average
Status, Captain mother ship to the bliss imagine
Everything you want, you can have it
Trip, trip, trip, you on a magic
Do you really, really want the Ask this?
Of the Phoenix, fire and the ashes
Coin' in the Cash in
No Quota, No Ration
Numbers on the masses, wonders of the na-tion
Anything you want is established
Anything you want you can have it
(Chorus)
(Music Interlude)
(Bridge)
So close to the moon
If It’s okay for you
Oh so close to the moon
Oh so close to the moon
And I wanna take you so close
(Spoken Section)
Life is a series of choices
What you eat, how You Look
Whether you do drugs or not
See only you can decide because the only person responsible is you
And if you make the right choice, theres nothing you can't accomplish
If you make the wrong choice, all your decisions will be made for you
(Bridge x2)
(Chorus)
(Unaltered Performance of Bridge)
(Jazz Outro)
Close to the moon (x3)
Oh so close to the moon
Close to the moon (x2)
I wanna take you so close
(Verse 1)
A passion for life fantastic
Nest egg in a gold basket, next to go
Ima hug kiss the good life, X n' O
Hey, feel better than X and Blow
Get high from myline turn text to notes
Get these niggas gassed up like Texaco
Watch your bitch pop Pepsi Co
Ever since I was a embryo
Had magic flow, young dynamo
Young killa, young illa with the finer flow
Young rapido, never will, never half a ho
Came to celebrate and have a toast
Young sis livin' fancy - yo
(Chorus)
Boy me and you, oh
So close to the moon
If it’s okay-ay for you
Close to the moon
And I wannna take you so close
Tryina say I’m here for the fantasea
I'll be, your fantasea
I'll be, your fantasea
Take you close
(Verse 2)
Fast forward live half your life
No wrong cause the cash was right
Have a bitch blink twice like hazard light
More than a great way, pass suffice
Non believers on asinine
Burning people like Fahrenheit
Run the world like Satellite
Baby girl got, baby girl got options right
PJ to the PH, pass the light
Far from the passive type
I excite your life and ass it
Better than your average
Status, Captain mother ship to the bliss imagine
Everything you want, you can have it
Trip, trip, trip, you on a magic
Do you really, really want the Ask this?
Of the Phoenix, fire and the ashes
Coin' in the Cash in
No Quota, No Ration
Numbers on the masses, wonders of the na-tion
Anything you want is established
Anything you want you can have it
(Chorus)
(Music Interlude)
(Bridge)
So close to the moon
If It’s okay for you
Oh so close to the moon
Oh so close to the moon
And I wanna take you so close
(Spoken Section)
Life is a series of choices
What you eat, how You Look
Whether you do drugs or not
See only you can decide because the only person responsible is you
And if you make the right choice, theres nothing you can't accomplish
If you make the wrong choice, all your decisions will be made for you
(Bridge x2)
(Chorus)
(Unaltered Performance of Bridge)
(Jazz Outro)
Lyrics submitted by XLoveEpiphanyX
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