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.
Pulling this watch as faces go
Pulling in a word and done it slow
This other time
I see your face is silent
Go, we go away and
What have you done?
Takes a feeling inside us all
Continue out
With just one push of my arm
But you're so close now
And you're so close now
All I have to do is three short blows
All that still is pressed inside
The full when the wall
And you don't even know
All I have to do is kill her
All I have to do is kill her
All I have to do is kill her
And all the other faces here with me
The others dressed in summer's things
Finding one way to be wonderful
Finding one way to the other souls
And every time it's you
It's like the blood on the stairs is sent away
And every time we see it's all said before you
Finding the ways to kill you
You used to say this fear of drowning
Fear no death by water
Father walks in at the foot of the bed
Six of you want to see you safe
Just one time you'll meet this man
All you've got to do is kill her
And all you've got to do is kill her
Trickle the sands against and pull the animals
Just out of the womb
Seeing the cow dead before he was born
The man he, he loved
The solid pieces fell on the ground
He couldn't kill another life
He couldn't kill another life
He couldn't kill another life
It's all been putting up
It could have been some friends
Pulling strings so I could meet you
All I want to do is hit you
She says
"Look over my shoulder!
See the sky!"
And the sky goes black!
And the sky goes black!
I just told you to be there!
I just told you to be there!
Angels come to be there!
Angels come to be there!
Everytime I looked up the stairs
I used to see her die
She would move so slow
Anyone could have been but she was a cat
Anyone could have been she was a cat
Pulling away as I used to fight
Let's just make some noise
That ugly or pretty
The face stays the same
Her face stays the same
Her face stays the same
The ugly or pretty
Her face stays the same
Stays the same, stays the same
And looking on the final walls
And looking on the final walls
Did you now find this malice out
The angels fall
Let's make some noise
Let's make some noise
Let's make some noise
Let's make some noise
Let's make some noise
Let's make some noise
Let's make some noise
Looking for help, help they used to say
Help me be your mother for just one day
Let's fall in churches far outside
They used to love
They used to love
They used to
They used to
Love
Pulling in a word and done it slow
This other time
I see your face is silent
Go, we go away and
What have you done?
Takes a feeling inside us all
Continue out
With just one push of my arm
But you're so close now
And you're so close now
All I have to do is three short blows
All that still is pressed inside
The full when the wall
And you don't even know
All I have to do is kill her
All I have to do is kill her
All I have to do is kill her
And all the other faces here with me
The others dressed in summer's things
Finding one way to be wonderful
Finding one way to the other souls
And every time it's you
It's like the blood on the stairs is sent away
And every time we see it's all said before you
Finding the ways to kill you
You used to say this fear of drowning
Fear no death by water
Father walks in at the foot of the bed
Six of you want to see you safe
Just one time you'll meet this man
All you've got to do is kill her
And all you've got to do is kill her
Trickle the sands against and pull the animals
Just out of the womb
Seeing the cow dead before he was born
The man he, he loved
The solid pieces fell on the ground
He couldn't kill another life
He couldn't kill another life
He couldn't kill another life
It's all been putting up
It could have been some friends
Pulling strings so I could meet you
All I want to do is hit you
She says
"Look over my shoulder!
See the sky!"
And the sky goes black!
And the sky goes black!
I just told you to be there!
I just told you to be there!
Angels come to be there!
Angels come to be there!
Everytime I looked up the stairs
I used to see her die
She would move so slow
Anyone could have been but she was a cat
Anyone could have been she was a cat
Pulling away as I used to fight
Let's just make some noise
That ugly or pretty
The face stays the same
Her face stays the same
Her face stays the same
The ugly or pretty
Her face stays the same
Stays the same, stays the same
And looking on the final walls
And looking on the final walls
Did you now find this malice out
The angels fall
Let's make some noise
Let's make some noise
Let's make some noise
Let's make some noise
Let's make some noise
Let's make some noise
Let's make some noise
Looking for help, help they used to say
Help me be your mother for just one day
Let's fall in churches far outside
They used to love
They used to love
They used to
They used to
Love
Lyrics submitted by MDMaster, edited by Mellow_Harsher, ciccio, granday
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