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.
Look at you
Looking through the window
Wanna see everything tomorrow
A silhouette of me
Is all you wanna see
You know that nothing is for free-yee-yee-yee
Why don't you
Come and be
My Superstar
I know you wanna be (I know you wanna feed)!!!!!
My superstarvation
My superstarvation
You stare
Nowhere
Do you care
You close your insides
And you're paralyzed
By your own fear
You swallow what you breathe
Inhale what's left of me
You know that nothing is for free-yee-yee-yee
Why don't you
Come and be
My Superstar
I know you wanna be (I know you wanna feed)
My superstarvation
Tied up and carried away
You think you lost yourself
And I think that I got the news for you
I'm the one that you want to give it to
Dried up and withered away
You think you lost yourself
And I think that I got the news for you
I'm the one that you want to give it to
That you want to give it to
Look at me
On the screen
You're wishing
Telling me
Everything
That's missing
A silhouette of me
Is all you wanna see
You know that nothing is for free-yee-yee-yee-yee
Why don't you
Come and be
My Superstar
I know you wanna be (I know you wanna feed)
My superstarvation
Come to me and Come with me
Come to me and come with me
Come to me and come with me
My superstarvation
Looking through the window
Wanna see everything tomorrow
A silhouette of me
Is all you wanna see
You know that nothing is for free-yee-yee-yee
Why don't you
Come and be
My Superstar
I know you wanna be (I know you wanna feed)!!!!!
My superstarvation
My superstarvation
You stare
Nowhere
Do you care
You close your insides
And you're paralyzed
By your own fear
You swallow what you breathe
Inhale what's left of me
You know that nothing is for free-yee-yee-yee
Why don't you
Come and be
My Superstar
I know you wanna be (I know you wanna feed)
My superstarvation
Tied up and carried away
You think you lost yourself
And I think that I got the news for you
I'm the one that you want to give it to
Dried up and withered away
You think you lost yourself
And I think that I got the news for you
I'm the one that you want to give it to
That you want to give it to
Look at me
On the screen
You're wishing
Telling me
Everything
That's missing
A silhouette of me
Is all you wanna see
You know that nothing is for free-yee-yee-yee-yee
Why don't you
Come and be
My Superstar
I know you wanna be (I know you wanna feed)
My superstarvation
Come to me and Come with me
Come to me and come with me
Come to me and come with me
My superstarvation
Lyrics submitted by ToxicFool
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