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.
We are reborn, our hope resurfaced, our faith renewed.
Set us free.
We find safety in the isolation of the catacombs
Absent of light that we can't bear to watch burnout.
Desperate souls frightened by the new found glimmer
Of infinite beauty that we can't bear to lose.
We are reborn.
Our hope resurfaced, our faith renewed set us free.
I'm tired of feeling alone, surrounded by the company of charming ghosts.
I was on my own.
The emptiness left when you exercised my haunted soul.
I will never stray from the only constant I've ever known.
I am forever grateful to be here with you.
You set me free.
Welcome to the light.
The fortune of the present yields a prominent fear of the resurgence of a crippling past. The contrasting light to every ounce of our darkness emerges,
But yields the fear that it's life won't last.
Welcome to the light.
How humbling it is to abandon pessimism
And revitalize our ambitions with the solace of companionship.
Our hope resurfaced, our faith renewed.
Emerging from our cave and into the sunlight, we are reborn from the earth's womb.
Welcome to the light.
Our hope resurfaced, our faith renewed I'm tired of feeling alone,
Surrounded by the company of charming ghosts.
I was on my own.
The emptiness left when you exercised my haunted soul.
I will never stray from the only constant I've ever known.
I am forever grateful to be here with you in our translucent forever.
I am grateful to be here with you.
You set me free.
Set us free.
We find safety in the isolation of the catacombs
Absent of light that we can't bear to watch burnout.
Desperate souls frightened by the new found glimmer
Of infinite beauty that we can't bear to lose.
We are reborn.
Our hope resurfaced, our faith renewed set us free.
I'm tired of feeling alone, surrounded by the company of charming ghosts.
I was on my own.
The emptiness left when you exercised my haunted soul.
I will never stray from the only constant I've ever known.
I am forever grateful to be here with you.
You set me free.
Welcome to the light.
The fortune of the present yields a prominent fear of the resurgence of a crippling past. The contrasting light to every ounce of our darkness emerges,
But yields the fear that it's life won't last.
Welcome to the light.
How humbling it is to abandon pessimism
And revitalize our ambitions with the solace of companionship.
Our hope resurfaced, our faith renewed.
Emerging from our cave and into the sunlight, we are reborn from the earth's womb.
Welcome to the light.
Our hope resurfaced, our faith renewed I'm tired of feeling alone,
Surrounded by the company of charming ghosts.
I was on my own.
The emptiness left when you exercised my haunted soul.
I will never stray from the only constant I've ever known.
I am forever grateful to be here with you in our translucent forever.
I am grateful to be here with you.
You set me free.
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