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.
Would you like to sit and talk to me
About the way things change so
Suddenly
When your senses come and the feeling
Goes?
Can you remember feeling much
Too close?
Stop your hands from shaking.
Look at me.
Are your senses racing endlessly
Tracing
Past impressions? So were mine
Have you ever been used
Or will this be the first time?
It's come so clear to me
Light fuse and get away
No gain, no pain
It's a fatal game
And the true lose everything
I can see
What trust and loyalty have done
For me
Falling miles from the mark
With a thirst for revenge
And a dangerous heart
I've tried to wash from memory
Feelings of betrayal and the incidents
That plague me since I lost my sense
Of innocence
A history of changes now I'm loving
Now I'm losing keeps me constantly
In fear of hearing "I can't see where
This is going"
You lie alone with the memory
Feeling the ceiling and walls closing
In on
Your conscience, my ally
The guilt, your affliction
From preying on praise as you fed
An attention addiction
Someone told me
Light fuse and get away
No gain, no pain
And when it's lust to dust you can
Crawl from the wreckage
I can see
What trust and loyalty have done
For me
Lying bleeding in the dark
With a thirst for revenge
And a dangerous heart
It's come so clear to me
Light fuse and get away
No gain, no pain
It's a fatal game
And the true lose everything
I can see
What trust and loyalty have done
For me
Falling miles from the mark
With a thirst for revenge
And a dangerous heart
About the way things change so
Suddenly
When your senses come and the feeling
Goes?
Can you remember feeling much
Too close?
Stop your hands from shaking.
Look at me.
Are your senses racing endlessly
Tracing
Past impressions? So were mine
Have you ever been used
Or will this be the first time?
It's come so clear to me
Light fuse and get away
No gain, no pain
It's a fatal game
And the true lose everything
I can see
What trust and loyalty have done
For me
Falling miles from the mark
With a thirst for revenge
And a dangerous heart
I've tried to wash from memory
Feelings of betrayal and the incidents
That plague me since I lost my sense
Of innocence
A history of changes now I'm loving
Now I'm losing keeps me constantly
In fear of hearing "I can't see where
This is going"
You lie alone with the memory
Feeling the ceiling and walls closing
In on
Your conscience, my ally
The guilt, your affliction
From preying on praise as you fed
An attention addiction
Someone told me
Light fuse and get away
No gain, no pain
And when it's lust to dust you can
Crawl from the wreckage
I can see
What trust and loyalty have done
For me
Lying bleeding in the dark
With a thirst for revenge
And a dangerous heart
It's come so clear to me
Light fuse and get away
No gain, no pain
It's a fatal game
And the true lose everything
I can see
What trust and loyalty have done
For me
Falling miles from the mark
With a thirst for revenge
And a dangerous heart
Lyrics submitted by Idan, edited by Chrissal1x
Light Fuse and Get Away Lyrics as written by John Myung Charlie Dominici
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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