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.
When I was young
I knew a girl
Who wouldn't love God as a test
Or gamble with her happiness
And so led astray
So she did turn
Her father would say
You're only a guest of the Master
But passion was her Sunday best
And she fell away
She fell away
She fell away
She fell away from the side of the Lord
Then she was free to do what she wanted
With clouds of her own
Na na na na
When she grew up
She fell in love
She thought it was all that she wanted
She knew how it felt to be haunted
And he ran away
Picked herself up
And said through her tears
Don't waste anymore of your time
You'll spend it all standing in line
And they'll turn you away
She fell away
She fell away
She fell away from the side of the Lord
Then she was free to do what she wanted
With clouds of her own
Na na na na
Hope and superstition
And your heart's permission
'Cause you're good enough
Good enough
Good enough
To make it alone
Then when she died
She didn't ask God
To take her back into His graces
She'd taken on too many shapes
And too many were strange
And as they laid her into the ground
Her spirits they all flew all away
The sun shone so bright on that day
You'd've thought it was spring
She fell away
She fell away
She fell away from the side of the Lord
Then she was free to do what she wanted
With clouds of her own
Na na na na
I knew a girl
Who wouldn't love God as a test
Or gamble with her happiness
And so led astray
So she did turn
Her father would say
You're only a guest of the Master
But passion was her Sunday best
And she fell away
She fell away
She fell away
She fell away from the side of the Lord
Then she was free to do what she wanted
With clouds of her own
Na na na na
When she grew up
She fell in love
She thought it was all that she wanted
She knew how it felt to be haunted
And he ran away
Picked herself up
And said through her tears
Don't waste anymore of your time
You'll spend it all standing in line
And they'll turn you away
She fell away
She fell away
She fell away from the side of the Lord
Then she was free to do what she wanted
With clouds of her own
Na na na na
Hope and superstition
And your heart's permission
'Cause you're good enough
Good enough
Good enough
To make it alone
Then when she died
She didn't ask God
To take her back into His graces
She'd taken on too many shapes
And too many were strange
And as they laid her into the ground
Her spirits they all flew all away
The sun shone so bright on that day
You'd've thought it was spring
She fell away
She fell away
She fell away from the side of the Lord
Then she was free to do what she wanted
With clouds of her own
Na na na na
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So I almost got it right! But I just kept her singing "you're only a ghost or a monster",and that could be my crazy mind.But I'm almost sure that the last line of the last verse is "the sun shone bright on her day,though it was late".Makes sense.But you know English isn't my first language so I can be wrong.