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.
Unexpecting brother
Doesn't know what to do
When everything just falls to the ground oh
He runs to find some cover
He doesn't have a clue
That his friend will never be found
When he's informed that he
Will never see the boy
Will never see the boy
You'll never see him open his eyes
We'll never see the boy
Never see the boy
You'll only hear his heavenly cries
Oh yeah oh oh oh
Thinking of the past,
It's all over now,
Mother nature's striked once again,
It happened oh so fast,
Now the question's how,
How could they let that building descend
Oh, yeah, oh
You will never see the boy,
You will never see the boy,
You will never see him open his eyes,
You will never see the boy,
Never see the boy,
You'll only hear his heavenly cries
Oh, yeah, oh, oh, oh,
Yeah, no no never, no oh
After your life, I leave, I'm dead,
Leading me off through the night,
If he's born again, I need you to find,
Need you to find, where he is.
Doesn't know what to do
When everything just falls to the ground oh
He runs to find some cover
He doesn't have a clue
That his friend will never be found
When he's informed that he
Will never see the boy
Will never see the boy
You'll never see him open his eyes
We'll never see the boy
Never see the boy
You'll only hear his heavenly cries
Oh yeah oh oh oh
Thinking of the past,
It's all over now,
Mother nature's striked once again,
It happened oh so fast,
Now the question's how,
How could they let that building descend
Oh, yeah, oh
You will never see the boy,
You will never see the boy,
You will never see him open his eyes,
You will never see the boy,
Never see the boy,
You'll only hear his heavenly cries
Oh, yeah, oh, oh, oh,
Yeah, no no never, no oh
After your life, I leave, I'm dead,
Leading me off through the night,
If he's born again, I need you to find,
Need you to find, where he is.
Lyrics submitted by HeroForADay
Faultline Lyrics as written by Ben Gillies Daniel Johns
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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This might just be my favorite song off of Frogstomp. Maybe even my favorite Silverchair song, in general. I've loved it ever since I first heard it. Anyway, I've read that it's about a friend of Daniel's who died in an Earthquake. If that's true, then that makes this a pretty sad song. A really good one, though.
@drownnsoda I don't know where this hoax of him composing this song for a friend arouse, but it is simply not true. He made the lyrics after he watched the news, or something. Back then he did note compose anything about him, only about stuff he would watch on the TV. If you look at the list of victims from Newcastle's 1989 earthquake there are no kids. The younger person was 30 years old. So no, there was no childhood friend of Daniel Johns who died on this incident.