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.
Mass inclination will fuel my frustration
And keep all redemption at bay
All indications prove your all mutations
And you all have nothing to say
Hate
Down on me
Break
Down on me
Slave
Down on me
Plague
Down on me
I can't believe everything you believe perceive
Is rightfully coming your way
Take me back to where I need to go (Inside me)
Show me how to question all I know (Excite me)
You'll come around (And reveal yourself)
You come down (In this best education)
I'll fall down (As we kill ourselves)
When it all goes down (Are you ready to suffer it all?)
My aggravation is manifestation
Of all of the shit that you say
This complication will lead to this damnation
Of all those who stand in my way
Hate
Down on me
Break
Down on me
Slave
Down on me
Plague
Down on me
I can't believe everything you believe perceive
Is rightfully coming your way
Take me back to where I need to go (Inside me)
Show me how to question all I know (Excite me)
You'll come around (And reveal yourself)
You come down (In this best education)
I'll fall down (As we kill ourselves)
When it all goes down (Are you ready to suffer it all?)
Take me back to where I need to go (Inside me)
Show me how to question all I know (Excite me)
You'll come around (And reveal yourself)
You come down (In this best education)
I'll fall down (As we kill ourselves)
When it all goes down (Are you ready to suffer it all?)
I'll be ready to suffer it all
I'll be ready to suffer it all
And keep all redemption at bay
All indications prove your all mutations
And you all have nothing to say
Hate
Down on me
Break
Down on me
Slave
Down on me
Plague
Down on me
I can't believe everything you believe perceive
Is rightfully coming your way
Take me back to where I need to go (Inside me)
Show me how to question all I know (Excite me)
You'll come around (And reveal yourself)
You come down (In this best education)
I'll fall down (As we kill ourselves)
When it all goes down (Are you ready to suffer it all?)
My aggravation is manifestation
Of all of the shit that you say
This complication will lead to this damnation
Of all those who stand in my way
Hate
Down on me
Break
Down on me
Slave
Down on me
Plague
Down on me
I can't believe everything you believe perceive
Is rightfully coming your way
Take me back to where I need to go (Inside me)
Show me how to question all I know (Excite me)
You'll come around (And reveal yourself)
You come down (In this best education)
I'll fall down (As we kill ourselves)
When it all goes down (Are you ready to suffer it all?)
Take me back to where I need to go (Inside me)
Show me how to question all I know (Excite me)
You'll come around (And reveal yourself)
You come down (In this best education)
I'll fall down (As we kill ourselves)
When it all goes down (Are you ready to suffer it all?)
I'll be ready to suffer it all
I'll be ready to suffer it all
Add your thoughts
Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.
Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!
More Featured Meanings
Light Up The Sky
Van Halen
Van Halen
The Night We Met
Lord Huron
Lord Huron
This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
Son Şansın - Şarkı Sözleri
Hayalperest
Hayalperest
This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
In general, it highlights the danger of hidden agendas, manipulation, and distraction, serving as a critique of those who exploit chaos and confusion to control and gain power, depicting a cautionary tale against falling into their traps. It encourages us to question the narratives presented to us and remain vigilant against manipulation in various parts of society.
No Surprises
Radiohead
Radiohead
Same ideas expressed in Fitter, Happier are expressed in this song. We're told to strive for some sort of ideal life, which includes getting a good job, being kind to everyone, finding a partner, getting married, having a couple kids, living in a quiet neighborhood in a nice big house, etc. But in Fitter, Happier the narrator(?) realizes that it's incredibly robotic to live this life. People are being used by those in power "like a pig in a cage on antibiotics"--being pacified with things like new phones and cool gadgets and houses while being sucked dry. On No Surprises, the narrator is realizing how this life is killing him slowly. In the video, his helmet is slowly filling up with water, drowning him. But he's so complacent with it. This is a good summary of the song. This boring, "perfect" life foisted upon us by some higher powers (not spiritual, but political, economic, etc. politicians and businessmen, perhaps) is not the way to live. But there is seemingly no way out but death. He'd rather die peacefully right now than live in this cage. While our lives are often shielded, we're in our own protective bubbles, or protective helmets like the one Thom wears, if we look a little harder we can see all the corruption, lies, manipulation, etc. that is going on in the world, often run by huge yet nearly invisible organizations, corporations, and 'leaders'. It's a very hopeless song because it reflects real life.
Magical
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
How would you describe the feeling of being in love? For Ed Sheeran, the word is “Magical.” in HIS three-minute album opener, he makes an attempt to capture the beauty and delicacy of true love with words. He describes the magic of it all over a bright Pop song produced by Aaron Dessner.
Ok so apparently Shawn Morgan had nothing to do with writing this song? Bull shit. Shawn wrote this song too.
Its my favorite lyrics right now for Seether.
I think its about drug addiction and how frustrated you get when you don't use drugs. Its hard to quit drugs. You keep telling yourself that good things will come to you because you do and try to convince yourself not to do it. Cause duh in reality they kill.
He's sending all the horrible shit that happens when you use drugs down on him. Go ahead he is saying cause this world is a big pile of bull shit anyway and I don't believe in the lies. Like all the things that sobriety might promise to say it in a gay way. He is saying those thoughts are all mutations cause in the end Life promises bull shit and hes fooling himself.
In the chorus He is asking the drugs to reveal himself to him again. To make his life better again. To make his life worth it. But is he ready to suffer it all. Well from the tone of the song fuck yes.