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.
If you choose to walk away
I'll try and understand
Something's once said
can't be undone
I wish that I'd realized that
Can tell by the look in
Your eyes that you think
We'll never break these
circles of
Disfunctions we
Continually
Seem to be dying from
So if you choose to go
To cut the lines
that bind you to me
You'll fade away,
you'll fade away from me
I played it out
In my head
Tried to pinpoint exactly where
We'd gone wrong
And when I'm done
I realized I was to blame
So if you choose to go
To cut the lines that bind you to me
You'll fade away
you'll drift away from me
But I'll always love you
And that will always be
and that always will be true
And as you start again
Over without me
Know I'll always be
You'll always be
Looking back through
in photo albums of
Pictures of you
I noticed things
the second time around
Guess I was too blind then
I should've been there
more than I was
Took you for granted
I know things did not turn out
quite the way we planned
the way we planned them
Can tell by the look in
Your eyes that you think
We'll never break these
circles of
Disfunctions we
Continually
Seem to be dying from
But I'll always love you
And that will always be
and that always will be true
And as you start again
Over without me
Know I'll always be
You'll always be
I'll try and understand
Something's once said
can't be undone
I wish that I'd realized that
Can tell by the look in
Your eyes that you think
We'll never break these
circles of
Disfunctions we
Continually
Seem to be dying from
So if you choose to go
To cut the lines
that bind you to me
You'll fade away,
you'll fade away from me
I played it out
In my head
Tried to pinpoint exactly where
We'd gone wrong
And when I'm done
I realized I was to blame
So if you choose to go
To cut the lines that bind you to me
You'll fade away
you'll drift away from me
But I'll always love you
And that will always be
and that always will be true
And as you start again
Over without me
Know I'll always be
You'll always be
Looking back through
in photo albums of
Pictures of you
I noticed things
the second time around
Guess I was too blind then
I should've been there
more than I was
Took you for granted
I know things did not turn out
quite the way we planned
the way we planned them
Can tell by the look in
Your eyes that you think
We'll never break these
circles of
Disfunctions we
Continually
Seem to be dying from
But I'll always love you
And that will always be
and that always will be true
And as you start again
Over without me
Know I'll always be
You'll always be
Lyrics submitted by alk3girl
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