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.
The coldest shoulder cast in metal
Frozen to the bone
To rely on hook, line and sinker
What a sinker, sinking like a stone
You'd be better off alone
She saw me on the television underneath the sun
Thought that I was warm like mother, lover, brother
Brother, she was wrong
Me, I don't long to belong
Time stood still with his fingers in his ears
Didn't want to hear it from another bunch of hollow men
Cold, been excommunicated 'cause I'm cold
My temperature's been rated and I'm cold
Bring to me my big old sweater
Nothing more will make me better
I met her on Monday and my heart did nothing new
Seems she thought of me as some mystic, fatalistic, mystical guru
Me, I haven't got a clue
But floating on a magic carpet high above the earth (in the flood)
You can see the world like a Buddha (with my blood I can hold you)
Bread and Buddha, bigger than you hurt (in the flood with my blood I can hold you)
Don't you know that love is work? (In the flood)
King got caught with his fingers in the till (with my blood)
Where's your calculator? Will you leave it in your will?
Cold, no heat on the horizon, guess I'm cold
And Capricorn is rising, yes, I'm cold
Listened to my old friend Nockles
Hoped that it would warm the cockles
You can't fight the fear
You can't, this is the road you're on
You don't belong to me, you don't belong to any one
Your reputation lies not in your eyes, but those who dare
Will bite the hand that feeds when it don't meet your needs
When you got blood to bleed, you got a life to lead
In the flood with my blood I can hold you
In the flood with my blood
King got caught with his fingers in the till
Cold, been excommunicated 'cause I'm cold
My temperature's been rated and I'm cold
Bring to me my big old sweater
Nothing more will make me better
(Cold) cold, no heat on the horizon, guess I'm cold
There'll be no compromising, cold
Cool, cold
Stone cold, stone cold, stone cold, stone cold
Stone cold (cold), stone cold (cool), stone cold (cold), stone cold
Stone cold, stone cold, stone cold, stone cold
Stone cold, stone cold, stone cold
Frozen to the bone
To rely on hook, line and sinker
What a sinker, sinking like a stone
You'd be better off alone
She saw me on the television underneath the sun
Thought that I was warm like mother, lover, brother
Brother, she was wrong
Me, I don't long to belong
Time stood still with his fingers in his ears
Didn't want to hear it from another bunch of hollow men
Cold, been excommunicated 'cause I'm cold
My temperature's been rated and I'm cold
Bring to me my big old sweater
Nothing more will make me better
I met her on Monday and my heart did nothing new
Seems she thought of me as some mystic, fatalistic, mystical guru
Me, I haven't got a clue
But floating on a magic carpet high above the earth (in the flood)
You can see the world like a Buddha (with my blood I can hold you)
Bread and Buddha, bigger than you hurt (in the flood with my blood I can hold you)
Don't you know that love is work? (In the flood)
King got caught with his fingers in the till (with my blood)
Where's your calculator? Will you leave it in your will?
Cold, no heat on the horizon, guess I'm cold
And Capricorn is rising, yes, I'm cold
Listened to my old friend Nockles
Hoped that it would warm the cockles
You can't fight the fear
You can't, this is the road you're on
You don't belong to me, you don't belong to any one
Your reputation lies not in your eyes, but those who dare
Will bite the hand that feeds when it don't meet your needs
When you got blood to bleed, you got a life to lead
In the flood with my blood I can hold you
In the flood with my blood
King got caught with his fingers in the till
Cold, been excommunicated 'cause I'm cold
My temperature's been rated and I'm cold
Bring to me my big old sweater
Nothing more will make me better
(Cold) cold, no heat on the horizon, guess I'm cold
There'll be no compromising, cold
Cool, cold
Stone cold, stone cold, stone cold, stone cold
Stone cold (cold), stone cold (cool), stone cold (cold), stone cold
Stone cold, stone cold, stone cold, stone cold
Stone cold, stone cold, stone cold
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I saw in an interview around the time Elemental came out in which Roland explained that he had a fight with his wife and she said, for someone who writes such beautiful music, you are cold. Uoy can find the interview on You Tube, I found it while searching "Roland Orzabal interviews".