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.
(Remembered as comets, not as dead rocks, a fire that scorches the sky)
How could they know (that) I'm back from the dead - They are the killing kind
I've been led from the start by that man in my head, behind my eyes and my mind
I've been put in the ground, six feet below
Stabbed, cut, strangled and skinned
I've been burned to the bones
Scattered in ashes, given to sea and to wind
Finis coronat opus
In nomine et ad honorem tenebrae
[x2]
You decide how you meet the end of the course
Kings also rule the day that they die
Remembered as comets,
Not as dead rocks,
A fire that scorches the sky
Is there something that we will leave behind?
I don't know… I don't know why
We are built to fail at long sight,
No matter how hard we try
The man in the mirror says hello
I don't know who you are
Showing me the right way to go
So close and yet so far
Finis coronat opus
In nomine et ad honorem tenebrae
[x2]
I'll always be there with you
I'll always be watching you
If I'm gone
Don't mourn me
I'll be always watching over thee
[x5]
How could they know (that) I'm back from the dead - They are the killing kind
I've been led from the start by that man in my head, behind my eyes and my mind
I've been put in the ground, six feet below
Stabbed, cut, strangled and skinned
I've been burned to the bones
Scattered in ashes, given to sea and to wind
Finis coronat opus
In nomine et ad honorem tenebrae
[x2]
You decide how you meet the end of the course
Kings also rule the day that they die
Remembered as comets,
Not as dead rocks,
A fire that scorches the sky
Is there something that we will leave behind?
I don't know… I don't know why
We are built to fail at long sight,
No matter how hard we try
The man in the mirror says hello
I don't know who you are
Showing me the right way to go
So close and yet so far
Finis coronat opus
In nomine et ad honorem tenebrae
[x2]
I'll always be there with you
I'll always be watching you
If I'm gone
Don't mourn me
I'll be always watching over thee
[x5]
Lyrics submitted by Sebastian1985
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