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.
Closure
I just wanna give you closure
So maybe I can find some closure
To start over
So now I'm reaching out for closure
I just wanted to come over
And tell you everything I've never told ya
But now it's over
Open ended conversations
Unfulfilled obligations
You say rapping
Ain't an occupation
But God bless you for being patient
I know it's been up and down
I know you've been lost and found
I can see you in that wedding gown
They don't love me
They just love my sound
But I know you the real deal
So I gotta keep it real real
You sex appeal real ill
Used to smoke joints and watch kill bill
And I know, how cliche
I know my words don't mean much
But their all I got
Gotta give it a shot
Closure
Closure
I just wanna give you closure
So maybe I can find some closure
To start over
So now I'm reaching out for closure
I just wanted to come over
And tell you everything I've never told ya
But now it's over
They say breaking up is hard to do
But waking up is harder boo
And moving on is hardest ooh
But this feeling here is nothing new
I'll always have a thing for ya
Even tho I'm not the thing for ya
You know lowkey I miss what we had
Ok, highkey cause I miss you bad
I lost myself while I was tryna find you
I learned to love myself, I'm feeling brand new
And don't you think I don't got nothing to do
But life kinda sucks lonely here without you
Because all I got is me, weed and this music
All you got left is you, him, and me clueless
So I won't waste your time
And I wish you well
But sometimes this still hurts like hell
Closure
I just wanna give you closure
So maybe I can find some closure
To start over
So now I'm reaching out for closure
I just wanted to come over
And tell you everything I've never told ya
But now it's over
I just wanna give you closure
So maybe I can find some closure
To start over
So now I'm reaching out for closure
I just wanted to come over
And tell you everything I've never told ya
But now it's over
Open ended conversations
Unfulfilled obligations
You say rapping
Ain't an occupation
But God bless you for being patient
I know it's been up and down
I know you've been lost and found
I can see you in that wedding gown
They don't love me
They just love my sound
But I know you the real deal
So I gotta keep it real real
You sex appeal real ill
Used to smoke joints and watch kill bill
And I know, how cliche
I know my words don't mean much
But their all I got
Gotta give it a shot
Closure
Closure
I just wanna give you closure
So maybe I can find some closure
To start over
So now I'm reaching out for closure
I just wanted to come over
And tell you everything I've never told ya
But now it's over
They say breaking up is hard to do
But waking up is harder boo
And moving on is hardest ooh
But this feeling here is nothing new
I'll always have a thing for ya
Even tho I'm not the thing for ya
You know lowkey I miss what we had
Ok, highkey cause I miss you bad
I lost myself while I was tryna find you
I learned to love myself, I'm feeling brand new
And don't you think I don't got nothing to do
But life kinda sucks lonely here without you
Because all I got is me, weed and this music
All you got left is you, him, and me clueless
So I won't waste your time
And I wish you well
But sometimes this still hurts like hell
Closure
I just wanna give you closure
So maybe I can find some closure
To start over
So now I'm reaching out for closure
I just wanted to come over
And tell you everything I've never told ya
But now it's over
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
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