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.
Here she comes
Seven suns
A burning flame
She got my love
Got my head
But it's all the same
She climbed so high
I don't know why
High
On her own
She got my woe
Got my hand
Took the dreams
Right outta my head
She bought the world
I paid the bills
I took those pills
It was wind in her sails
She climbed so high
I don't know why
High,
On her own
Seven suns
A burning flame
She got my love
Got my head
But it's all the same
She climbed so high
I don't know why
High
On her own
She got my woe
Got my hand
Took the dreams
Right outta my head
She bought the world
I paid the bills
I took those pills
It was wind in her sails
She climbed so high
I don't know why
High,
On her own
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Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
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I think it's about a relationship gone sour because he feels left behind. He's stuck in a dark place while his love has moved on to a better life, but he doesn't want their love to end.
this is an excellent song.
maybe the girl is dead?
this is an excellent song.
maybe the girl is dead?
its about drugs. a girl is used a metaphor for the drugs
I think the song us about fear. Fear of giving yourself to love and all the responsibilities that it implicates, devotion and moving on with your lover as well. The female lover is kind of pressuring her lover to move on and make a commitment but he responds to nothing at all (she got my love, got my head but it's all the same... she got my woe got my hand took the dreams right outta my head). The female lover is begging for something back to the point that she manipulates her man to the point of controlling him. The guy knows that his lover is moved on with the relationship, but he is afraid and doesn't want to, at least for now (I know she's in the air and I don't want it go). The guy is patient to wait to lose his fear and grow with his lover and succumbs to depresion and pills because he doesn't know what he wants, or at least he knows what he wants but is unsecure to take the chance and risk everything for what he desires.
Unbelievable song... one of my favorites. Verve really achieved perfection on this one.
This song is definitely about drugs, and i can definitely relate to it.
"She got my love Got my head But it's all the same"
The high is always the same feeling.
"And I know She's in the air And I don't want it to go I can breathe the air But I don't want it to go"
Exhaling the smoke "She" probably Mary and he wants the saver the high. He can now breath air after exhaling the smoke, but would rather keep on smoking.
"I took those pills It was wind in her sails"
He's potentiating the high with pills(like a Opiate, Benzo). Wind in her sails meaning the highs getting a lot stronger.