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.
Red, blade points
knife the air
All night
he sees it
Constellating
his thought
Acne on
a leper
Red, blade points
disappear
Sets
it's blackness
glistening
Curling
and winding
through
grip mangled
fingers
Bristling
and
glittering
No
Nothing else
lingers
Gleam away
little brute
Gleam away
Gleam away
little brute
Gleam away
As if,
after waving
Capon claws
over ashes,
A single
talon
should
lower-
and silently
plow,
he carves
the ghost
mascot
the length
of his skin
Stilettoed
without
interruption
The body
including
the face
On a bed
in the dark,
without
interruption
He imagines
he feels it
tugging and
cinching,
hears it
rustling and
rising,
the naked
intaglio-
lifting free
of its flesh,
silently prowling
from window to
window
There is
No Nothing
else
There is
No Nothing
else
Flip
was a charmer
and so
was I
Zip
was a devil
and so
was I
Can't afford,
but bescumber,
our spunk-stiffened
-tresses
as we stroll
in the glut
trimmed
in frilly
and furs
Tell us
apart,
we can never
die
Tell us
apart,
we can never
die
Fluffed
and the
fluffer,
fluffing
goodbye
Arm and arm
Arm and arm
in our feathers
and blood
Choo-Choo
Choo-Choo,
Mama
Cursing
the rummy
cluck
Choo-Choo
Choo-Choo,
Mama
How
do you lose
your luck?
Choo-Choo
Choo-Choo,
Mama,
In the dark
lopping off
all interruption,
How
do you lose
your luck?
How
do you lose
your luck?
Red, blade points
knife the air
All night
he sees it
Constellating
his thought
Acne on
a leper
knife the air
All night
he sees it
Constellating
his thought
Acne on
a leper
Red, blade points
disappear
Sets
it's blackness
glistening
Curling
and winding
through
grip mangled
fingers
Bristling
and
glittering
No
Nothing else
lingers
Gleam away
little brute
Gleam away
Gleam away
little brute
Gleam away
As if,
after waving
Capon claws
over ashes,
A single
talon
should
lower-
and silently
plow,
he carves
the ghost
mascot
the length
of his skin
Stilettoed
without
interruption
The body
including
the face
On a bed
in the dark,
without
interruption
He imagines
he feels it
tugging and
cinching,
hears it
rustling and
rising,
the naked
intaglio-
lifting free
of its flesh,
silently prowling
from window to
window
There is
No Nothing
else
There is
No Nothing
else
Flip
was a charmer
and so
was I
Zip
was a devil
and so
was I
Can't afford,
but bescumber,
our spunk-stiffened
-tresses
as we stroll
in the glut
trimmed
in frilly
and furs
Tell us
apart,
we can never
die
Tell us
apart,
we can never
die
Fluffed
and the
fluffer,
fluffing
goodbye
Arm and arm
Arm and arm
in our feathers
and blood
Choo-Choo
Choo-Choo,
Mama
Cursing
the rummy
cluck
Choo-Choo
Choo-Choo,
Mama
How
do you lose
your luck?
Choo-Choo
Choo-Choo,
Mama,
In the dark
lopping off
all interruption,
How
do you lose
your luck?
How
do you lose
your luck?
Red, blade points
knife the air
All night
he sees it
Constellating
his thought
Acne on
a leper
Lyrics submitted by sokorny
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