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.
Two families both alike in dignity in fair Los Angeles where we lay our scene from ancient grudge, break to
new mutiny where civil blood makes civil hands unclean from forth the fatal loins of these two foes a pair of
star crossed lovers take their life
This is the fearful passage of their death marked love...
Stab me in my faithful heart, you'll be the one that I bleed for feel me together apart, I'll be the one that
you breathe for kill me inside of yourself, you'll be the wrist that I will slit feed me and see me starve,
I'll be the drug that you can't quit
Truth - lie joy - pain love - hate
Omnia Vinat Amor
Scar me with all of your lies, I'll be the one that you don't trust save me the one you despise, you'll be the
one who will pray for us fear me and all that I do I'll be the one you're afraid of see me reflection of you,
you'll never be what I'm made of
Truth - lies joy - pain love - hate
Omnia Vinat Amor
One night in spain, one day in Italy you've took away everything you've given me one night in spain, on day in
Italy you took away
See you for all that you are, the reasons I doubt you see me for all that I am, as I do this without you
Truth - lies joy - pain love - hate
Omnia Vinat Amor
It wasn't supposed to end like this...
How difficult it is to reach heaven and how easy it is to be snatched by demons and yanked to hell temptation
is not always a simple seduction
This is the fearful passage of this is the fearful passage of this is the fearful passage of this is the
fearful passage of... our death marked love.
Love is to atlast know the suffering of another
YOU FUCKER!
new mutiny where civil blood makes civil hands unclean from forth the fatal loins of these two foes a pair of
star crossed lovers take their life
This is the fearful passage of their death marked love...
Stab me in my faithful heart, you'll be the one that I bleed for feel me together apart, I'll be the one that
you breathe for kill me inside of yourself, you'll be the wrist that I will slit feed me and see me starve,
I'll be the drug that you can't quit
Truth - lie joy - pain love - hate
Omnia Vinat Amor
Scar me with all of your lies, I'll be the one that you don't trust save me the one you despise, you'll be the
one who will pray for us fear me and all that I do I'll be the one you're afraid of see me reflection of you,
you'll never be what I'm made of
Truth - lies joy - pain love - hate
Omnia Vinat Amor
One night in spain, one day in Italy you've took away everything you've given me one night in spain, on day in
Italy you took away
See you for all that you are, the reasons I doubt you see me for all that I am, as I do this without you
Truth - lies joy - pain love - hate
Omnia Vinat Amor
It wasn't supposed to end like this...
How difficult it is to reach heaven and how easy it is to be snatched by demons and yanked to hell temptation
is not always a simple seduction
This is the fearful passage of this is the fearful passage of this is the fearful passage of this is the
fearful passage of... our death marked love.
Love is to atlast know the suffering of another
YOU FUCKER!
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