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.
Hey yeah yeah yeah yeah
Sun kisses the windowsill
And I am still on my second cup of pity me
Yeah, it's been a long night chasing ghosts
But at the most, it's been a rude awakening
That all too late I finally see (I finally see), I see
That it's
[Chorus]
My loss, my lonely
My mistake, mine only
Mine all, mine all, mine (mine)
And it's my bad, my broken
All my should haves left unspoken
Mine all, mine all, mine
Yeah,
I drove you to the edge of the map
And after that , I pushed you off just to watch you fall
You never were the bounce back kind
But boy, this time you've proven me wrong after all
Now I'm the one who's gonna crawl
Cause it's
[Chorus]
Always thought I'd get to sorry
But the chance has come and gone
So if it finds its way back in
I'll hold on, hold on, hold on
My loss ( that's my loss)
My lonely (my lonely)
My mistake (my mistake)
Mine only
Mine all, mine all
Mine all, mine all
Mine all, mine
It's mine all mine
It's mine all mine
Yeah it's mine all mine
All mine, all mine
All mine, all mine
(Fade)
Sun kisses the windowsill
And I am still on my second cup of pity me
Yeah, it's been a long night chasing ghosts
But at the most, it's been a rude awakening
That all too late I finally see (I finally see), I see
That it's
[Chorus]
My loss, my lonely
My mistake, mine only
Mine all, mine all, mine (mine)
And it's my bad, my broken
All my should haves left unspoken
Mine all, mine all, mine
Yeah,
I drove you to the edge of the map
And after that , I pushed you off just to watch you fall
You never were the bounce back kind
But boy, this time you've proven me wrong after all
Now I'm the one who's gonna crawl
Cause it's
[Chorus]
Always thought I'd get to sorry
But the chance has come and gone
So if it finds its way back in
I'll hold on, hold on, hold on
My loss ( that's my loss)
My lonely (my lonely)
My mistake (my mistake)
Mine only
Mine all, mine all
Mine all, mine all
Mine all, mine
It's mine all mine
It's mine all mine
Yeah it's mine all mine
All mine, all mine
All mine, all mine
(Fade)
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