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.
So few words
So few words
We are movin' round to the hour
Force from the power
Thunder reigns down in a mass mind shower
Levellin' vibes unravellin' scribes
Take a venomous sting that's unsettlin'
But consequences awaits me around the corner
Reminiscent of my twistin' fate
All down to the fact it's a hard life
Travel on with the sense of a telling adventure
So as I wait for the opportune time to create
Soul energy that will then enable me to realize
Analyze all aspect of man-made decision
The vision the many ways
Wrong turn right, right turn left
Ain't no way back straight ahead along track
Counteract react higher pace embrace
Expression when written on the face
Ya babblin' on flip automatic override
So when pride gets swallowed
Check the events that follow
Interconnection bafflin' coincidence
All going hand in hand
They demand supply I deliver my peace
In what can be known as my only release
In the belly-full beast tearin' up
And it's a cryin' shame it remains the same
Turn the next page over
So few words
So few words
Then on straight down
Through the valley I roam
Lay claim my terrain through my artery vein
But first intuition state my in condition is the reason
Why you'll never get my submission
True as I'm present in time
I'm headin' for the future
Movin' with a haste from time to waste
Break loose from a goose chase
What I do I take feathers and fly in spiritual sky
Return to ground zero zero
Now for the intrepid hero
Non-sense there will be no
I overrun 'cause unless I'm in a situation
I can learn a lesson in
One specimen away say a line refine
Humanity race ever being like one of a kind
Now we can never rewind so press
Forward to the end
With the passionate fruit from mother nature
So few words
So few words
So few words
We are movin' round to the hour
Force from the power
Thunder reigns down in a mass mind shower
Levellin' vibes unravellin' scribes
Take a venomous sting that's unsettlin'
But consequences awaits me around the corner
Reminiscent of my twistin' fate
All down to the fact it's a hard life
Travel on with the sense of a telling adventure
So as I wait for the opportune time to create
Soul energy that will then enable me to realize
Analyze all aspect of man-made decision
The vision the many ways
Wrong turn right, right turn left
Ain't no way back straight ahead along track
Counteract react higher pace embrace
Expression when written on the face
Ya babblin' on flip automatic override
So when pride gets swallowed
Check the events that follow
Interconnection bafflin' coincidence
All going hand in hand
They demand supply I deliver my peace
In what can be known as my only release
In the belly-full beast tearin' up
And it's a cryin' shame it remains the same
Turn the next page over
So few words
So few words
Then on straight down
Through the valley I roam
Lay claim my terrain through my artery vein
But first intuition state my in condition is the reason
Why you'll never get my submission
True as I'm present in time
I'm headin' for the future
Movin' with a haste from time to waste
Break loose from a goose chase
What I do I take feathers and fly in spiritual sky
Return to ground zero zero
Now for the intrepid hero
Non-sense there will be no
I overrun 'cause unless I'm in a situation
I can learn a lesson in
One specimen away say a line refine
Humanity race ever being like one of a kind
Now we can never rewind so press
Forward to the end
With the passionate fruit from mother nature
So few words
So few words
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