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.
It hurts when you have to press that dull little thing
That you're only supposed to use once and then discard
But where do you put it? In the garbage can, my honest friend
My shyness, pet her flow
She's only been five months late
Even though we haven't had sex for a week
A meal a day, a meal, I say
And my heart's made my
Somebody else already used the word Aurora Borealis
She was tied up in chains, and Sam had helped her in the freezer
She's only five weeks late
But I haven't had a date forever
Ever, ever
Forever
Wish I had more, more opportunity
More chances to remember some things
So I couldn't have so much pressure on my
On my, on my, um, ah, on my, um, um, head
We would have so much more diversity
And so much more input, so much more creative flow
If we had someone in school, a G-I-T
G-I-T
Geeks in town
Ha! Come on, Dave, think of one
(Girls In Trouble)
It should be G-I-C
Geeks with Charvels
No, G-W-C
Fuck, man, this is a waste of time
One more solo?
Yeah
Yeah
You're personally responsible for
The entire strip to be washed away
Cleansed as if gallons of, um, rubbing alcohol
Flowed through the strip and were set on fire
It didn't just singe the hair, it made it straight
And then Perry Ellis came along with his broom
And his silk
And he, he erected a beautiful city
A city of stars
That you're only supposed to use once and then discard
But where do you put it? In the garbage can, my honest friend
My shyness, pet her flow
She's only been five months late
Even though we haven't had sex for a week
A meal a day, a meal, I say
And my heart's made my
Somebody else already used the word Aurora Borealis
She was tied up in chains, and Sam had helped her in the freezer
She's only five weeks late
But I haven't had a date forever
Ever, ever
Forever
Wish I had more, more opportunity
More chances to remember some things
So I couldn't have so much pressure on my
On my, on my, um, ah, on my, um, um, head
We would have so much more diversity
And so much more input, so much more creative flow
If we had someone in school, a G-I-T
G-I-T
Geeks in town
Ha! Come on, Dave, think of one
(Girls In Trouble)
It should be G-I-C
Geeks with Charvels
No, G-W-C
Fuck, man, this is a waste of time
One more solo?
Yeah
Yeah
You're personally responsible for
The entire strip to be washed away
Cleansed as if gallons of, um, rubbing alcohol
Flowed through the strip and were set on fire
It didn't just singe the hair, it made it straight
And then Perry Ellis came along with his broom
And his silk
And he, he erected a beautiful city
A city of stars
Lyrics submitted by justinjtp, edited by Mellow_Harsher
Gallons of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through the Strip Lyrics as written by Krist Novoselic David Grohl
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This song is one of few where Kurt openly sings about drug use. First off the title of the song gives that away. Gallons of rubbing alcohol flow the strip...heroin users clean needles with rubbing alcohol to sanitize and kill diseases. The first verse -'""It hurts when you have to press that dull little thing That you're only supposed to use once and then discard" Where do you put it? In the garbage can, my honest friend My shyness, pet her flow," The words hurts, press, dull, then he goes on to say supposed to use once and discard. Thats a needle. No Junkie uses a needle once. You use it as much as you can. The kurt goes on to say should i throw it in the trash, use with a friend who wont tell anyone. The shyness to let them know your a user. The the words "pet her flow.' meaning rubbing your arm after shooting up. Now after the first verse, it start out with first getting high....bitching about his girl. Never having sex and other stuff. Heroin users lose sex drive. Kurt sings about a meal a day but his heart is made. If you are a addict you only eat about once a day. Your first meal will always come sometime after you get high. Its impossible to eat before that. His heart being made is just saying, it is what it is and im not changing. After all this is just about the thoughts of being high....crazy thoughts with friends. Kurt talks about putting someone in a freezer. Complaining about his girl again.....any crazy thoughts. He thing starts coming down a bit...Starts talking maybe we should have gottin a education instead of being junkies. Then it turns into a big joke. Someone usually breaks the serious conversation to not kill the high. But they are coming down so what does Kurt say??? One more Solo??? Getting high again baby. Screaming in excitement and pain. Next lines are......"You're ... personally responsible for, uhh ... The entire strip ... to be washed away ... Cleansed ... as if gallons of, um, rubbing alcohol Flowed through the strip and were set on fire." All this means is you better be responsible for cleaning your needle. Set on fire is obvious...You have to melt the drug to inject it. A lighter and a spoon. The song ends with him being really high. Just random thoughts of things people think about when high. Its one of the best songs ever writtin about heroin use. He captured everything. The guitar, the weird tempo. His voice. Its really beautiful.
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