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.
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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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Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
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I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
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question: who's the guys dre's talkin' shit about in the first verse?
Doc, he used to produce with dre back in the day.
I don't think he's talking shit about Doc...
Cuz you my nigga Doc, and Eazy I'm still wit you Fuck the beef, nigga I miss you, and that's just bein real wit you
think he talking bout eazy e
He's talking about The D.O.C. He had his vocal chords severed in a car accident hence, "I still remember the window of the car that you went through." Read here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_D.O.C.
i think at the end eminem is saying he has a small penis
let me tel u wh0s he talkn b0ut..."ICE CUBE" n.w.a rapper. he rapped with dre. "D.O.C"..."EAZY-E" - former n.w.a rapper. dre left 4 aftermath, and ditchd nwa. eazy gt angry and sparkd a beef. eazy-e, died in 1996 with aids.
26 march 1995 , not 96
rapture. ur a retard...eminem is saying "Watz da dif between hm and hs wife" and the difference is dat "he g0t a penis and she dnt." and when he says "I JUST DNT GV A FUCK, hes wife cant do it az g00d as him - because he made a rap entitled dat"
oh and "THE D.O.C" was a ghost writer for n.w.a! He met dre wen dre was in the "World class wreckin crew" then went on to right lyrics 4 nwa. d.o.c met with an accident, and damaged hs vocals. the d.o.c also introduced dre 2 deathrow.
The "D.O.C" took an album by ice cube and dre, dat was unrealeased, and tried 2 sell it , and was a flop. dre got angry, and it started a small beef. this sng says..."IM GNA DO WATEVER IT TAKES TO CONVINCE U..." convince 2 cum back and write 4 dre.