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.
Wishful crystal
Water covers everything in blue
Coolin' water
Wishful sinful
Our love is beautiful to see
I know where I would like to be
Right back where I came
Wishful, sinful, wicked blue
Water covers you
Wishful, sinful, wicked you
Can't escape the blue
Magic risin'
Sun is shinin' deep beneath the sea
But not enough for you and me and sunshine
Love to hear the wind cry
Wishful sinful
Our love is beautiful to see
I know where I would like to be
Right back where I came
Wishful, sinful, wicked blue
Water covers you
Wishful, sinful, wicked you
Can't escape the blue
Love to hear the wind cry
Love to hear you cry, yeah, yeah
Water covers everything in blue
Coolin' water
Wishful sinful
Our love is beautiful to see
I know where I would like to be
Right back where I came
Wishful, sinful, wicked blue
Water covers you
Wishful, sinful, wicked you
Can't escape the blue
Magic risin'
Sun is shinin' deep beneath the sea
But not enough for you and me and sunshine
Love to hear the wind cry
Wishful sinful
Our love is beautiful to see
I know where I would like to be
Right back where I came
Wishful, sinful, wicked blue
Water covers you
Wishful, sinful, wicked you
Can't escape the blue
Love to hear the wind cry
Love to hear you cry, yeah, yeah
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Robby wrote this one....
Sure, Jim may have not been ever so happy about singing it, granted, but that doesn't deter the beautiful, "crystal" sound the song has.
I do agree, it's positively beautiful.
"Wishful, sinful, wicked you Can't escape the blue"
I will get down to basics. Wishful Sinful is about Creation and the destruction of the earth at the time of Noah by the Flood. When God made the heavens and the earth, as described in Genesis 1, He created water and matter. The Creation before the Fall of Adam and Eve displayed a pure love between God and the human race: this is the wishful crystal. Wishful sinful is the condition of the relationship between God and the human race after the Fall. Men and women are inherently sinful. "Water covers everything in blue" refers to the destruction of the earth at the time of Noah. "Can't escape the blue" means that the human race cannot escape destruction because of its rebellion against God. "I know where I would like to be right back where I came" refers to the sinless relationship between God and the human race. "Our love is beautiful see" is also about the sinless relationship between God and the human race. I believe Robbie Krieger wrote the lyrics to this song. "Magic rising" is the alternative to a pure relationship with God. However, "magic rising" is not enough for men and women, who need God. Unlike Jim Morrison, Robbie thought about things other than sex, drugs, death, and alcohol.
@john336 wow thats really good
This song is clearly about planet earth. "Water covers everything in blue"
Wishful Sinful describes the people of earth, hopeful yet sinful in their actions. "Wishful, sinful, wicked blue Water covers you Earth Wishful, sinful, wicked you Eveybody is wicked Can't escape the blue"
Environmental? Political? Hard to tell, mabye thats why Jim didn't like it appearently.
Right on it my music loving friend
I think he's using the beauty of the planet as a metephor for the beauty of their love
I know where I would like to be Right back where I came.
A man wants to have sex with his woman. Wants to go back where he came from,vagina.
Magic risin' ... his penis is rising
Can't escape the blue ... the girl is frightened.she is a virgin.
Love to hear you cry ... she is a woman now. couple entered a new place in their relationship.
@Olegos Sex with what woman? When he says, "right back where I came", I don't think he means just any vagina - think Oedipus. Perhaps the water is a metaphor for the womb? Doors lyrics often had Oedipal references. That's how I always heard it, and it does have a sorta lascivious tone to the singing. But who knows? It's not clear enough for any interpretation.
Always took it to a a very vague impression of Atlantis.
i love this song
I think this song is absolutely beautiful even if he didn't like it...sounds to me like just your typical psychedelic brew of drugs and sex....but still gorgeous Jim is a god!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This song is clearly about planet earth. "Water covers everything in blue"
Wishful Sinful describes the people of earth, hopeful yet sinful in their actions. "Wishful, sinful, wicked blue Water covers you Earth Wishful, sinful, wicked you Eveybody is wicked Can't escape the blue"
Environmental? Political? Hard to tell, mabye thats why Jim didn't like it appearently.