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.
An empty house, a broken fairy tale
A hollow girl with emty arms
From an angel's tears God made the stars
Why can't he make me an unbreakable heart
In my blue world, you shone like heaven's fire
And left me cryin' in the dark
How could anyone be so hard
Did you think I had an unbreakable heart
I suppose I should know
Sometimes love just comes and goes
But I believed, foolish me
We'd go on and on
One day, someone will come to you
And rock you tightly in her arms
Please remember this, when you drop your guard
Nobody has an unbreakable heart
From an angel's wings to a fallen star
God makes everything but unbreakable hearts
A hollow girl with emty arms
From an angel's tears God made the stars
Why can't he make me an unbreakable heart
In my blue world, you shone like heaven's fire
And left me cryin' in the dark
How could anyone be so hard
Did you think I had an unbreakable heart
I suppose I should know
Sometimes love just comes and goes
But I believed, foolish me
We'd go on and on
One day, someone will come to you
And rock you tightly in her arms
Please remember this, when you drop your guard
Nobody has an unbreakable heart
From an angel's wings to a fallen star
God makes everything but unbreakable hearts
Lyrics submitted by littlemspunk
Unbreakable Heart Lyrics as written by Benmont M. Tench
Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Royalty Network, Downtown Music Publishing, Cloud9, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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