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.
In a dark well
Late at night
Children crying they've lost their kite
They're left with nothing but
Giant lizards
Eating deer
Growing appetite as they notice that
Their prey's stills breathing
Lizards' eyes reflection
Shows a glimpse of imperfection
Through the spastic sighs of innocence
Of deer's blood and it's cruel attraction
White kite fauna do you feel
White kite fauna is it real
Is it real
In a dark well
I found a kite
Bloodstained, so beautiful
Recognizable
I close my eyes and
I perceive
Marble emptiness
Looking for my soul to bless
Lizards' eyes reflection
Shows a glimpse of imperfection
Through the spastic sighs of innocence
Of deer's blood and it's cruel attraction
White kite fauna, do you feel
White kite fauna, is it real
White kite fauna, do you feel
White kite fauna, will it heal
Will it heal
In a dark well
Late at night
I am crying
I've lost my kite
Left with nothing
Late at night
Children crying they've lost their kite
They're left with nothing but
Giant lizards
Eating deer
Growing appetite as they notice that
Their prey's stills breathing
Lizards' eyes reflection
Shows a glimpse of imperfection
Through the spastic sighs of innocence
Of deer's blood and it's cruel attraction
White kite fauna do you feel
White kite fauna is it real
Is it real
In a dark well
I found a kite
Bloodstained, so beautiful
Recognizable
I close my eyes and
I perceive
Marble emptiness
Looking for my soul to bless
Lizards' eyes reflection
Shows a glimpse of imperfection
Through the spastic sighs of innocence
Of deer's blood and it's cruel attraction
White kite fauna, do you feel
White kite fauna, is it real
White kite fauna, do you feel
White kite fauna, will it heal
Will it heal
In a dark well
Late at night
I am crying
I've lost my kite
Left with nothing
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i think this song is about loss of innocence, not sure why but its always given that messege to me!
Hmm...I always heard it as 'in a dark WELL', which incidentally makes no sense. That's what it really sounds like, though.
I absolutely love this song...it's one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard. I agree with ladybug about the loss of innocence, in a way, it just seems to present to me a feeling of abject hopelessness and despair.
It "in a dark well," and it does make sense. The children lost their kite because it fell in a well.
The kite is symbolic and while it is common to misconstrue a kite that you fly on a string and a kite that is a type of bird they both have several meanings symbolically The Kite bird symbolizes Grace, gentleness, truth, wisdom, spiritual awareness, and are seen as messengers from the gods. Fauna means animals. White is a symbol of purity or innocence. Sarah/Sam Bettens who wrote the song has a tendency to use a lot of Irony in their lyrics. That being said it is talking about a kite bird in its symbolic meaning and not flying a kite as in a toy on a string which actually symbolically means freedom. This song is about losing your innocence as you grow up and by how the world symbolically preys on innocence and how much it hurts. Their songs generally have fairly deep meanings and you also have to take into consideration where they are from which is Antwerp Germany and the german culture when it comes to spiritualism which was not a christian nation until 300 AD before that is was a combination of germanic paganism, celtic paganism, and slavic paganism.