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.
Complications, more so I can say
Promises and deadlines make it hard to stay away
All these strings are attaching to me
And I can't find the scissors, yeah
All in a tangle now, we're back in a knot
I can't remember where I was, I forgot
Knitting it all, these holes that I need
To crawl through a brick wall
Is hard to say the least
Where's that thought
That thought uncomplicated things?
Where's that peace of mind
That peace that made it easy?
Where's that simple day
That simply made it nice to be in?
Where did it go?
Where did it go?
Where did it go?
Yeah
I got you a murky light, tell me what can you see?
A huge cloud of shit hanging over me
Can you blow it all somewhere else?
It's making it hell to distinguish myself
Tired of the tyrants who only think they're all business
Pissed with their patience, they constantly agree
"Yes sir, yes sir, three hundred bags full,"
It's easier to say yes than to say no to a fool
Where's that thought
That thought uncomplicated things?
Where's that peace of mind
That peace that made it easy?
Where's that simple day
That simply made it nice to be in?
Where did it go?
Where did it go?
Where did it go?
Yeah
Cover me in cyanide
Cover me in ink
Cover me in formaldehyde and leave me here to think
Cover me in carpet
Cover me in tile
Cover me and evict me and put me in a file
Strip me bare, don't let me breathe
Strip me to my skin
Strip me so you can watch me clean off all these things I�ve been
Strip me naked of these walls
Strip me of all my rules
Strip me, boy, and see how small I am without you
Inseminate the good, now
Inseminate the pure
Inseminate all the shit that I've forgotten how to whore
Inseminate the natural
Inseminate the dirt
Inseminate the ineffectual
And leave me here to love
Leave me here to love
Where's that thought
That thought uncomplicated things?
Where's that peace of mind
That peace that made it easy?
Where's that simple day
That simply made it nice to be in?
Where did it go?
Where did it go?
Where did it go?
Yeah
Leave me here to love...
Promises and deadlines make it hard to stay away
All these strings are attaching to me
And I can't find the scissors, yeah
All in a tangle now, we're back in a knot
I can't remember where I was, I forgot
Knitting it all, these holes that I need
To crawl through a brick wall
Is hard to say the least
Where's that thought
That thought uncomplicated things?
Where's that peace of mind
That peace that made it easy?
Where's that simple day
That simply made it nice to be in?
Where did it go?
Where did it go?
Where did it go?
Yeah
I got you a murky light, tell me what can you see?
A huge cloud of shit hanging over me
Can you blow it all somewhere else?
It's making it hell to distinguish myself
Tired of the tyrants who only think they're all business
Pissed with their patience, they constantly agree
"Yes sir, yes sir, three hundred bags full,"
It's easier to say yes than to say no to a fool
Where's that thought
That thought uncomplicated things?
Where's that peace of mind
That peace that made it easy?
Where's that simple day
That simply made it nice to be in?
Where did it go?
Where did it go?
Where did it go?
Yeah
Cover me in cyanide
Cover me in ink
Cover me in formaldehyde and leave me here to think
Cover me in carpet
Cover me in tile
Cover me and evict me and put me in a file
Strip me bare, don't let me breathe
Strip me to my skin
Strip me so you can watch me clean off all these things I�ve been
Strip me naked of these walls
Strip me of all my rules
Strip me, boy, and see how small I am without you
Inseminate the good, now
Inseminate the pure
Inseminate all the shit that I've forgotten how to whore
Inseminate the natural
Inseminate the dirt
Inseminate the ineffectual
And leave me here to love
Leave me here to love
Where's that thought
That thought uncomplicated things?
Where's that peace of mind
That peace that made it easy?
Where's that simple day
That simply made it nice to be in?
Where did it go?
Where did it go?
Where did it go?
Yeah
Leave me here to love...
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