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.
Angels took him away
Angels took him away
They couldn't let him stay
The angels took him away
He said I have to leave
I have to leave
I have to leave
I have to leave
Angels never go away
We'll make each other control the land
They take you
Use once and destroy
They know it's all about our love
Angels took him away
They couldn't let him stay
The angels took him away
He said I have to leave
I have to leave
I have to leave
I have to leave
Angels never go away
We'll make each other control the land
They take you
Use once and destroy
They know it's all about our love
Lyrics submitted by SMUSER35620
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he was not fucking murdered jesus christ im so sick of hearing that.
if you have ever heard or seen video of kurt and courtney talking any sane person would be able to tell how in love they were.
leave them alone. let her mourn and let him rest in peace.
you people are sick
Look into it and get back to me. He was about to divorce her, quit nirvana and fly to the east coast with some girl. They were in love, until he realized what a POS she was. When she runs out of drug money, she will continue to make as much money off of him as she can for the rest of her life, now that's sick. If she was such a great person/wife, why do Dave and Krist hate her fucking guts? And one of his favorite bands, Sonic Youth, the lead singer thinks the same thing real fans do. Courtney wants everyone to be like you
You don't know either of them. Unless you knew them, you can't judge. :|<br /> You can have opinions, sure, but so can everybody else.
emeraldsforeyes what the fuck are you talking about? You can find pictures of Courtney as a young GIRL on the internet, she was never a man. And have you seen pictures of Kurt and Courtney's daughter? She looks just like them. You're fucking crazy, but whatever, i love their music (Nirvana & Hole's) and that's all that should really be discussed on this site.
"Use once and destroy" syringes.
on a side-note, i am sure kurt cobain is spinning in his fucking grave because is fans are such morons. sucks.
not every song courtney wrote (writes even) is about kurt, but i'm pretty sure this one is.
dude, are u high? first of all, he died in 1994, and he commited suicide, that murder story in false!
Yaaa...well very funny... No, honestly, I think Kurt was murdered, but that doesn't belong here... I guess it's about his death, though that would really be a bit too obvious...oh well, whatever, nevermind.
@miss melancholy shut uppp<br />
nirvana seems to be the first clever person i've "known" on the net cause her comment is the main sensible comment i've read...i love their music to
anyway...i can't find this song or others such as "finally we're popular"...does anybody know how i can get them??? except by buying cds i mean
Kurt Cobain was murdered in 1990, later Courtney Love (whose real mother is actually "Wendy" who falsly claims to be Cobain's mother) was paid-off to pretend to be married and have a child, all so that the Hollywood 3 could share in the reported 6 billion Nirvana has thus far grossed. Geffen was delighted by all of this, helping Courtney with her transgendering (She was once a male). The hundreds (no doubt thousands) that were and are involved in this horrid Sacrafice are paying-with their lives! Oh, how they shall pay for those crimes. We love you Kurt. This is an nearly ancient spiritual hyme that Courtney Love murmered for Kevin Sessums in Vanity Fair June 1995, while house-shopping in the now worthless New Orleans. It is just another Cult admission of guilt, a silly one at that (there is no G-d, and no jesus, but those are the cults false idols). Just a hyme, a crust of bread thrown on the trail of murderers...
he was murdered in 94.