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'm saddling in here for the long haul
Can't hide forever is what they say
In with the wind, out with a bang
Meanwhile nothing has changed
With each one slowly ordered
A storm brews in her eyes
A miss shot at the buzzard
Time whether wasted or well spent is still time
We are not brave, we are not wise
We stand at the end of the longest times
But we stand here all together
We have been damned, we have survived
We came back to homes we don't recognize
But we return here all together
The moments of clarity here are short lived
Bleed through the bandages again
The wind is a lie, no longer white
Black as a day without sun
Passed out in a gutter
Woke up in your arms
Nursed back into color
The same touch that heals me
Left the scar
We are not brave, we are not wise
We stand at the end of the longest times
But we stand here all together
We have been damned, we have survived
We came back to homes we don't recognize
But we return here all together
And the world works in ways that I never
Have claimed to know
We got out and fought through the weather
But it followed
The view from here isn't better
But it's all we know
It's all we know
We are not brave, we are not wise
We stand at the edge of the borderlines
But we stand here all together
We have been damned, we have survived
Who we become you won't recognize
But became them all together
All together
Can't hide forever is what they say
In with the wind, out with a bang
Meanwhile nothing has changed
With each one slowly ordered
A storm brews in her eyes
A miss shot at the buzzard
Time whether wasted or well spent is still time
We are not brave, we are not wise
We stand at the end of the longest times
But we stand here all together
We have been damned, we have survived
We came back to homes we don't recognize
But we return here all together
The moments of clarity here are short lived
Bleed through the bandages again
The wind is a lie, no longer white
Black as a day without sun
Passed out in a gutter
Woke up in your arms
Nursed back into color
The same touch that heals me
Left the scar
We are not brave, we are not wise
We stand at the end of the longest times
But we stand here all together
We have been damned, we have survived
We came back to homes we don't recognize
But we return here all together
And the world works in ways that I never
Have claimed to know
We got out and fought through the weather
But it followed
The view from here isn't better
But it's all we know
It's all we know
We are not brave, we are not wise
We stand at the edge of the borderlines
But we stand here all together
We have been damned, we have survived
Who we become you won't recognize
But became them all together
All together
Lyrics submitted by larryssman7, edited by TristanC, SneakyBrit
Zero Visibility Lyrics as written by Joseph Principe Brandon Barnes
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alright so I think this has more of a holocaust ring to me
I’m saddling in here for the long haul Can’t hide forever is what they say In with the wind, out with a bang Meanwhile nothing has changed
he's either in the Warsaw ghetto awaiting transport to a "village" (meanwhile nothing has changed) or still hiding from the nazis (can't hide forever is what they say) he went running and wound up caught after the nazis shot out a couple of his freinds/family, who were all transported to either the ghetto or the concentration camp (in with the wind, out with a bang)
With each one slowly ordered A storm brews in her eyes A miss shot at the buzzard Time whether wasted or well spent is still time
We are not brave, we are not wise We stand at the end of the longest times But we stand here all together We have been damned, we have survived We came back to homes we don’t recognize But we return here all together
now this is where I picked up on the holocaust vibe the war is finally over and they have been liberated (we stand at the end of the longest times) the line "We have been damned, we have survived" shows how they survived the holocaust itself, and all the death that occured "we came back to homes we don't recognize" they come back to their old homes only to find them destroyed or bought by someone else "but we return here all together" describes the people that survived with him
this is just my interpretation, the war veteran thing is sounding pretty good but I'm still sticking to my own