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.
Let's welcome home the soldier boy (far away, far away)
No angel of mercy just a need to destroy (fire away, fire away)
Let's toast the hero with blood in his eyes
The scars on his mind took so many lives
Die hard the hunter
Welcome home soldier boy
Put down your pistol, yeah, put down your toy
Yeah, they can take a gun away from you
But never take away your attitude
They can't do that, oh, no no, they can't do that
You got no enemy, no front line
The only battles in the back of your mind
You don't know how to change from bad to good
You brought the war to your neighborhood
You can't do that, oh, no no, you can't do that
(Die hard) you're caught in a trap
(Hunter) there's no lookin' back
(Die hard) he's lost in the crowd
(Hunter) die hard and proud
Die hard the hunter
Die hard the hunter
Die hard the hunter
Die hard the hunter
Back in the city, he's a man on the loose
He is the shadow that's following you
He takes no prisoners when he's hunting for game
He's got a bullet and it carries your name
You can't do that, you can't do that
You can't do that, oh, no, no, no
(Die hard) you're caught in a trap
(Hunter) there's no lookin' back
(Die hard) he's lost in the crowd
(Hunter) die hard and proud
(Die hard) you're caught in a trap
(Hunter) there's no lookin' back
(Die hard) he's lost in the crowd
(Hunter) die hard and proud
Die hard the hunter
Die hard the hunter (you got watch out)
Die hard the hunter
Die hard the hunter (he's got blood in his eyes)
Die hard the hunter
Die hard the hunter
You can't do that
You can't do that
You can't do that, no no no
No angel of mercy just a need to destroy (fire away, fire away)
Let's toast the hero with blood in his eyes
The scars on his mind took so many lives
Die hard the hunter
Welcome home soldier boy
Put down your pistol, yeah, put down your toy
Yeah, they can take a gun away from you
But never take away your attitude
They can't do that, oh, no no, they can't do that
You got no enemy, no front line
The only battles in the back of your mind
You don't know how to change from bad to good
You brought the war to your neighborhood
You can't do that, oh, no no, you can't do that
(Die hard) you're caught in a trap
(Hunter) there's no lookin' back
(Die hard) he's lost in the crowd
(Hunter) die hard and proud
Die hard the hunter
Die hard the hunter
Die hard the hunter
Die hard the hunter
Back in the city, he's a man on the loose
He is the shadow that's following you
He takes no prisoners when he's hunting for game
He's got a bullet and it carries your name
You can't do that, you can't do that
You can't do that, oh, no, no, no
(Die hard) you're caught in a trap
(Hunter) there's no lookin' back
(Die hard) he's lost in the crowd
(Hunter) die hard and proud
(Die hard) you're caught in a trap
(Hunter) there's no lookin' back
(Die hard) he's lost in the crowd
(Hunter) die hard and proud
Die hard the hunter
Die hard the hunter (you got watch out)
Die hard the hunter
Die hard the hunter (he's got blood in his eyes)
Die hard the hunter
Die hard the hunter
You can't do that
You can't do that
You can't do that, no no no
Lyrics submitted by spliphstar
Die Hard the Hunter Lyrics as written by Peter Andrew Willis Robert John Lange
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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A song about the Vietnam War and how it affected some of the veterans. A really kick ass song, one of the best off of "Pyromania".
thats great to hear what's about finally...makes it even better...and im listening to it right now...udnerated song that kicks a lot of ass....AWESOME SOLO...one of my favorites of all time
man, these guys were truly underrated, even though they were big... a little bit their fault for allowing the producer and engineer to become members of the band, but then again they probably wouldn't have gone as far without it. Kind of a blessing and a curse. The lyrics are very good though... kudo's to the wordsmith- very tight and cohesive.
could be about anyone in war that hasn't accepted being back in normal society
yeah, i thought it was inspired by The Deer Hunter, with DeNiro and Walken