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.
(Here we are)
Can you tell that story?
It's my favorite one
You fucking disappointment
I can't entertain you anymore
These stupid states of mind
Everyone punishing me all the time
(Why?)
But don't cross your boundaries and think that it's cool
Misguided by darkness and lost on the road
But I'm such a sucker for the rain
Here we are, crashing once again into the centre of your moonlit face, our caved in ribs
Your tears, they fall on my tongue and our lips are letting go
As we laid on the side of the road
(Go)
Pull the trigger tight and watch our distances explode (explode)
If Texas is forever, where's your home sweet home?
If anything should happen to me, I'll want you to know
I've loved you since ever since then
Don't dance around me, I know what it means
No communication, cannot be received
But I'm such a sucker for the rain, yeah
(Oh)
(Here we are)
Crashing once again into the centre of your moonlit face, our caved in ribs
Your tears, they fall on my tongue and our lips are letting go
As we laid on the side of the road
(Don't chase your nightmares)
(Yeah)
Here we are
Crashing once again into the centre of your moonlit face, our caved in ribs
Your tears, they fall, our lips are locked in Lemon Groves
And I can never let them, never let them grow
(The side of the road)
So take a deep breath and chase it with mine
Your southern hospitality won't mind
Can you tell that story?
It's my favorite one
You fucking disappointment
I can't entertain you anymore
These stupid states of mind
Everyone punishing me all the time
(Why?)
But don't cross your boundaries and think that it's cool
Misguided by darkness and lost on the road
But I'm such a sucker for the rain
Here we are, crashing once again into the centre of your moonlit face, our caved in ribs
Your tears, they fall on my tongue and our lips are letting go
As we laid on the side of the road
(Go)
Pull the trigger tight and watch our distances explode (explode)
If Texas is forever, where's your home sweet home?
If anything should happen to me, I'll want you to know
I've loved you since ever since then
Don't dance around me, I know what it means
No communication, cannot be received
But I'm such a sucker for the rain, yeah
(Oh)
(Here we are)
Crashing once again into the centre of your moonlit face, our caved in ribs
Your tears, they fall on my tongue and our lips are letting go
As we laid on the side of the road
(Don't chase your nightmares)
(Yeah)
Here we are
Crashing once again into the centre of your moonlit face, our caved in ribs
Your tears, they fall, our lips are locked in Lemon Groves
And I can never let them, never let them grow
(The side of the road)
So take a deep breath and chase it with mine
Your southern hospitality won't mind
Lyrics submitted by darkforce100, edited by spentfuse
Texas Is Forever Lyrics as written by Michael Fuentes Victor Vincent Fuentes
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personally I think this song, Caraphernelia, and One Hundred Sleepless Nights are all connected (about the same thing) in Caraphernelia it talks about a struggling relationship/a girl who is over Vic and moved on to "so much more" basically cheated. and the line "talking to my mom about this little girl from Texas" brings me to Texas Is Forever which I think is about this same girl who cheated. my only proof is "if Texas is forever where's your home sweet home" / "in sure your southern hospitality won't mind". in one hundred sleepless nights it's kind of obviously it's about Vic's ex girlfriend who cheated and got pregnant and left him. I'm probably not right that these songs are about the same person but idk this is just what I think.
That’s a purely self-indulgent song for us because it’s really fast and that’s what we grew up listening to. We love all of the Fat Wreck Chords artists, NOFX, Lagwagon, and the bands we cut our teeth on when we were in high school. It comes naturally for us. With my brother Mike playing drums, he owns those types of beats. I actually had an interview with John Oates of Hall and Oates. The first thing he said was, ‘I want whatever your drummer is taking because I need some energy!’ [Laughs] He loved how fast it was. Lyrically, it closes the book on a topic I’ve been singing about for the last three records. It’s about a relationship that kept going and had a lot of ups and downs. We were both able to stop thinking about it and have a mutual respect for each other’s lives. That was the end of it, which is nice. ~Vic
That’s a purely self-indulgent song for us because it’s really fast and that’s what we grew up listening to. We love all of the Fat Wreck Chords artists, NOFX, Lagwagon, and the bands we cut our teeth on when we were in high school. It comes naturally for us. With my brother Mike playing drums, he owns those types of beats. I actually had an interview with John Oates of Hall and Oates. The first thing he said was, ‘I want whatever your drummer is taking because I need some energy!’ [Laughs] He loved how fast it was. Lyrically, it closes the book on a topic I’ve been singing about for the last three records. It’s about a relationship that kept going and had a lot of ups and downs. We were both able to stop thinking about it and have a mutual respect for each other’s lives. That was the end of it, which is nice. ~Vic
So i love this song and when i first heard it i didn't know anything about the band, their background, or much of their other songs. so my interpretation is way off from what was intended but i figured id share it because it still seems to loosely fit. This is all what i felt and my opinion so just take it as that. It is rather dark but i thought it was about someone dealing with depression and decided to take their own life by crashing their car one night. They are then found by/ or with their ex significant other. I felt like the song was from the perspective of the dying person as he watched his ex significant other panic, cry, and attempt CPR. There also seemed to be a kind of moral dilemma as the ex significant other tries to overcome past feelings and grief in order to save the victim. I know its a loose extrapolation so ill break down the lines and show my thoughts:
"Here we are" "Can you tell that story it's my favorite one
"You fucking disappointment"
"I can't entertain you anymore "
"These stupid states of mind "
"Everyone punishing me all the time" "Why?"
"But don't cross your boundaries and think that it's cool"
"Misguided by darkness and lost on the road "
"But I'm such a sucker for the rain "
"Here we are" "Crashing once again "
"Into the center of your moonlit face "
"Our caved-in ribs "
"Your tears they fall on my tongue "
"And our lips are letting go "
"As we laid on the side of the road "
"Pull the trigger tight and watch our distances explode "
"If Texas is forever, where's your home sweet home? "
"If anything should happen to me I want you to know " "I've loved you since ever since then "
"Don't dance around me I know what it means "
"No communication, cannot be received"
"But I'm such a sucker for the rain " "Here we are" "Crashing once again " "Into the center of your moonlit face " "Our caved-in ribs " "Your tears they fall on my tongue " "And our lips are letting go " "As we laid on the side of the road "
Same chorus again driving home the repetition of the feelings during the situation.
"Don't chase your nightmares "
"Here we are..." "Crashing once again " "Into the center of your moonlit face " "Our caved in ribs " "Your tears they fall"
"Our lips are locked in lemon groves "
"And I can never let them grow"
"On the side of the road " "So take a deep breath and chase it with mine"
"Your southern hospitality won't mind"