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.
I was - I was - I was
Raped at birth
I was - I was - I was
Brutalized by beastly girth
I was raped at birth!
When I was a boy
My life was destroyed
I was raped at birth
I was not overjoyed
When I was a man
I hid in the can
I was raped at birth
Yes that was the plan
I went to my mom
She hit me with a pan
I was raped at birth!
Scumdog sex planet
Convulsing breeding hive
Spit forth the progeny
Through rivers of slime I writhe
Seeking warmth and light
Life begins, the world so bright
Too soon from the womb I'm torn
As penis plums the newly born
Mangled and tangled I flop to the floor
Speckled and spackled I run for the door
Though I'm but a baby I'm still eight foot two
I'll be raped at birth for the pleasure of you
I was raped yes raped at birth
When I was a lad
Halfway out the womb
They ruined my rectum
I fucked half the room
Now I'm a man
But I won't grow up
If you rape me again
I think that I'll throw up
Fit me for a truss
With a times eight leather cup
I was raped at birth!
It went on for hours
Scalding hot, the golden showers
Manifesting pimple power
Penis-poking tingle-tower
Still, it seems unfair
One time I got raped with a chair
Still, good came of it
Like every time I shit
Mangled and tangled I flop to the floor
Speckled and spackled I run for the door
Though I'm but a baby I'm still eight foot two
I'll be raped at birth for the pleasure of you
I was raped at birth
My masters knew well knew why they raped the newly born
The line at the door spoke of new forms of porn
I was raped at birth
The wretched infants were sullen, forlorn
The skin it was warm
We lived in a dorm
After we'd been raped we were all given weapons
Your grave is my glory, your face I will step in
But I'm not complaining that my life is fucked
I was raped at birth, from then on everything sucked
Everything sucked!
Everything sucked!
We were all raped at birth
It fucking hurts
Chased from room to room
Pinned in a corner
Bing bang boom!
Mangled and tangled I flop to the floor
Speckled and spackled I run for the door
Though I'm but a baby I'm still eight foot two
I'll be raped at birth for the pleasure of you
I was raped at birth
Raped at birth
I was - I was - I was
Brutalized by beastly girth
I was raped at birth!
When I was a boy
My life was destroyed
I was raped at birth
I was not overjoyed
When I was a man
I hid in the can
I was raped at birth
Yes that was the plan
I went to my mom
She hit me with a pan
I was raped at birth!
Scumdog sex planet
Convulsing breeding hive
Spit forth the progeny
Through rivers of slime I writhe
Seeking warmth and light
Life begins, the world so bright
Too soon from the womb I'm torn
As penis plums the newly born
Mangled and tangled I flop to the floor
Speckled and spackled I run for the door
Though I'm but a baby I'm still eight foot two
I'll be raped at birth for the pleasure of you
I was raped yes raped at birth
When I was a lad
Halfway out the womb
They ruined my rectum
I fucked half the room
Now I'm a man
But I won't grow up
If you rape me again
I think that I'll throw up
Fit me for a truss
With a times eight leather cup
I was raped at birth!
It went on for hours
Scalding hot, the golden showers
Manifesting pimple power
Penis-poking tingle-tower
Still, it seems unfair
One time I got raped with a chair
Still, good came of it
Like every time I shit
Mangled and tangled I flop to the floor
Speckled and spackled I run for the door
Though I'm but a baby I'm still eight foot two
I'll be raped at birth for the pleasure of you
I was raped at birth
My masters knew well knew why they raped the newly born
The line at the door spoke of new forms of porn
I was raped at birth
The wretched infants were sullen, forlorn
The skin it was warm
We lived in a dorm
After we'd been raped we were all given weapons
Your grave is my glory, your face I will step in
But I'm not complaining that my life is fucked
I was raped at birth, from then on everything sucked
Everything sucked!
Everything sucked!
We were all raped at birth
It fucking hurts
Chased from room to room
Pinned in a corner
Bing bang boom!
Mangled and tangled I flop to the floor
Speckled and spackled I run for the door
Though I'm but a baby I'm still eight foot two
I'll be raped at birth for the pleasure of you
I was raped at birth
Lyrics submitted by syko_brat
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