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.
Color me any color.
Speak to me in tongues and share.
Tell me how you'd love to hate me.
Tell me how you'd love to care.
Well I just want to shake us up.
Let's mingle
And make it well.
Come together now.
Yeah let's gel.
Clothe me in any fashion.
Glitter to so mundane.
Tell me how you'd love to change me.
Tell me I can stay the same.
I just want to shake us up.
Let's mingle
And make it well.
Come together now.
Yeah let's gel.
Well let's bungle
And live to tell
How we came together.
Yeah how we gelled.
Speak to me in tongues and share.
Tell me how you'd love to hate me.
Tell me how you'd love to care.
Well I just want to shake us up.
Let's mingle
And make it well.
Come together now.
Yeah let's gel.
Clothe me in any fashion.
Glitter to so mundane.
Tell me how you'd love to change me.
Tell me I can stay the same.
I just want to shake us up.
Let's mingle
And make it well.
Come together now.
Yeah let's gel.
Well let's bungle
And live to tell
How we came together.
Yeah how we gelled.
Lyrics submitted by Demau Senae
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Great version of a great song,
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I heard Ed Roland say the song was about people of the world coming together and forgetting the bullshit. So nuts doog
song signifies how complicated a girl's mind is. She can love and hate at the same time. The singer is trying to communicate properly with his girl and 'gel' with her.
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Off the Jerky Boyz soundtrack. Great tune also found on their self-titled album.
This is a song about Unity, kinda with what marff3 was saying.
definitly about unity......its like Ed's trying to say "i know you don't like me, but you don't have a good reason."
To me it's saying "you know you can't resist me, so why avoid me....'lets gel.'"
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I think the line is "Well let's SPARKLE" not bungle. You're Glittered mundane, therefore you sparkle.
Just my theory... the first album was on a minor label and then the second album was on a major label. I think the song is about the band label shopping. Shine blew up and the labels all wanted them. Some labels would try to change their image, others would let them do what they want. So I think they were shopping for labels and was looking for a company that would "gel" with them.