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.
Wake up to another day
You've gone the wrong way home
Pretend everything's okay
Misato says "Shinji you mustn't run away"
I fought so hard
I'm doing the best I can
Somebody reach out for me
You're living in lies
You know you're dead inside
Falling down
You're falling down
Nothing stays unchanged
Love life and hope
Nothing stays that way forever.
But even then can you bring yourself
To like this place?
God's in his heaven all's right with the world
But where do I begin? All I need is you.
Though I don't exist here
I could still be loved
But I'm too far gone to reach to me
I won't get hurt no more
I closed my heart off
It doesn't matter anymore
Happiness doesn't walk to you
You must run no excuse
You're not alone you have more to lose
But you've realized you're all you have
And you never even learned to love yourself
I never waste another minute
Hold the world by it's strings on my fingertips
Why do I do this despite all the pain and the suffering?
To prove to my father I'm worth something
Recorded to the words I'm not alone
Convince myself I'm on the verge of giving up
And I've made mistakes
In faith in beauty's wake
The truth is I can disappear
But the fact is I exist
And maybe I'm here to find out why that is
Nothing stays unchanged
Love life and hope
Nothing stays that way forever.
But even then can you bring yourself
To like this place?
God's in his heaven all's right with the world
But where do I begin? All I need is you.
Though I don't exist here
I could still be loved
But I'm too far gone to reach to me
Keep running, keep running on.
Empty roads consist
Of more heart than people give
And empty fog filled fields
Comfort me more than friends
There's nothing wrong with giving up
There's nothing wrong with letting go
Don't trust, but if you can't trust
Then you're fighting for what? Fighting for dust.
We call it home, I'm looking for a way not to be alone.
You've gone the wrong way home
Pretend everything's okay
Misato says "Shinji you mustn't run away"
I fought so hard
I'm doing the best I can
Somebody reach out for me
You're living in lies
You know you're dead inside
Falling down
You're falling down
Nothing stays unchanged
Love life and hope
Nothing stays that way forever.
But even then can you bring yourself
To like this place?
God's in his heaven all's right with the world
But where do I begin? All I need is you.
Though I don't exist here
I could still be loved
But I'm too far gone to reach to me
I won't get hurt no more
I closed my heart off
It doesn't matter anymore
Happiness doesn't walk to you
You must run no excuse
You're not alone you have more to lose
But you've realized you're all you have
And you never even learned to love yourself
I never waste another minute
Hold the world by it's strings on my fingertips
Why do I do this despite all the pain and the suffering?
To prove to my father I'm worth something
Recorded to the words I'm not alone
Convince myself I'm on the verge of giving up
And I've made mistakes
In faith in beauty's wake
The truth is I can disappear
But the fact is I exist
And maybe I'm here to find out why that is
Nothing stays unchanged
Love life and hope
Nothing stays that way forever.
But even then can you bring yourself
To like this place?
God's in his heaven all's right with the world
But where do I begin? All I need is you.
Though I don't exist here
I could still be loved
But I'm too far gone to reach to me
Keep running, keep running on.
Empty roads consist
Of more heart than people give
And empty fog filled fields
Comfort me more than friends
There's nothing wrong with giving up
There's nothing wrong with letting go
Don't trust, but if you can't trust
Then you're fighting for what? Fighting for dust.
We call it home, I'm looking for a way not to be alone.
Lyrics submitted by SteveD
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