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.
I'd walk the water to get back to you
And where I was complete
We found you scattered by the highway side too
Soon to be released
Gathered the pieces up and clean the places
Where you were undone
And washed the wreckage out unfinished all the
Thoughts that we'd begun
I came to burn the sky and tear away
The beauty that it sows
If I could rape the day and find the things I thought
I'd always known
Leave it alone again tonight
I laid your arms out long untwisted there
And shaped what I could find
I made the most of it and then left the rest
The parts unrecognized
My reconstruction was the only way
For one last look at you
I lost the sense of absolution
That we never knew
Leave it alone again tonight
Leave it alone again tonight
And it takes me back from this place here
It takes me back from this place here
I came to burn the sky and tear away
The beauty that it sows
I came to rape the day and find the things
I thought I'd always known
Leave it alone again tonight
And it takes me back from this place here
From this place here it takes me over
And it might be lost in this place here
From this place here it takes me on
Tonight leave it alone
And where I was complete
We found you scattered by the highway side too
Soon to be released
Gathered the pieces up and clean the places
Where you were undone
And washed the wreckage out unfinished all the
Thoughts that we'd begun
I came to burn the sky and tear away
The beauty that it sows
If I could rape the day and find the things I thought
I'd always known
Leave it alone again tonight
I laid your arms out long untwisted there
And shaped what I could find
I made the most of it and then left the rest
The parts unrecognized
My reconstruction was the only way
For one last look at you
I lost the sense of absolution
That we never knew
Leave it alone again tonight
Leave it alone again tonight
And it takes me back from this place here
It takes me back from this place here
I came to burn the sky and tear away
The beauty that it sows
I came to rape the day and find the things
I thought I'd always known
Leave it alone again tonight
And it takes me back from this place here
From this place here it takes me over
And it might be lost in this place here
From this place here it takes me on
Tonight leave it alone
Lyrics submitted by pumpkingirl, edited by acirvin
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