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.
Shadows
shadows and fever
no-one hears him cry so he turns to evil
Only now, only now does he know
Pains
always those pains
once he turns that way he will do it again
Only now, only now does he know
silver doom, unseen moon will show
As they dance under the moon
they bring doom
he calls her friend
and says he'll change
she calls him friend
and he deceives again
Flowers
a scent of flowers
always on his mind so he deceives her
Only now, only now does she know
Love
love makes her blind
soon she follows him through the doors of time
Only now, only now does she know
silver doom, unseen moon will show
As they dance under the moon
they bring doom
he calls her friend
and says he'll change
she calls him friend
and he deceives again
shadows and fever
no-one hears him cry so he turns to evil
Only now, only now does he know
Pains
always those pains
once he turns that way he will do it again
Only now, only now does he know
silver doom, unseen moon will show
As they dance under the moon
they bring doom
he calls her friend
and says he'll change
she calls him friend
and he deceives again
Flowers
a scent of flowers
always on his mind so he deceives her
Only now, only now does she know
Love
love makes her blind
soon she follows him through the doors of time
Only now, only now does she know
silver doom, unseen moon will show
As they dance under the moon
they bring doom
he calls her friend
and says he'll change
she calls him friend
and he deceives again
Lyrics submitted by v@caman
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This song is great for any Raist fan. I especially love the guitar and such in the beginning of the song. Anyway, these are great lyrics, they pretty much tell the whole story of Raistlin in a simple way. Raistlin was, after-all one of the most comlicated characters in the DL series.