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.
This just in, where to begin
Grin and bear it, it's bare and grim
Adoration, titillation, I'm the victim now
Because she's figured me out
She lights my candle, she has a handle on me
It's going well but I'm scared as hell
That she'll figure me out
She thinks it's sacred to be naked
But I don't care, cause she's had me there
You see she's figured me out
And I want to shout at the top of my lungs now
But oh my god, if she hears me she'll come running in
These are my hands, these are my faults
These are my plans
There are my nasty little thoughts
I wrote 'em down for you to contemplate
At a later date
Well the word is out, what's it all about
Doubtless shady, no shadow of doubt
In moderation, this sensation would be fabulous
But she's figured me out
She's in my shower for an hour
She's just washin' and wonderin'
And trying to figure me out
And I want to shout at the top of my lungs now
But oh my god, if she hears me she'll come running in
These are my hands, these are my faults
These are my plans and these are my nasty little thoughts
I wrote 'em down for you to contemplate
It's a little bit of something that I feel
Oh man, I just can't deal
And other than this distance that has covered me
Can't you see that you have smothered me
Well, you're out there, just stay out there
Just when I was on to something else
That's when she figures me out
Grin and bear it, it's bare and grim
Adoration, titillation, I'm the victim now
Because she's figured me out
She lights my candle, she has a handle on me
It's going well but I'm scared as hell
That she'll figure me out
She thinks it's sacred to be naked
But I don't care, cause she's had me there
You see she's figured me out
And I want to shout at the top of my lungs now
But oh my god, if she hears me she'll come running in
These are my hands, these are my faults
These are my plans
There are my nasty little thoughts
I wrote 'em down for you to contemplate
At a later date
Well the word is out, what's it all about
Doubtless shady, no shadow of doubt
In moderation, this sensation would be fabulous
But she's figured me out
She's in my shower for an hour
She's just washin' and wonderin'
And trying to figure me out
And I want to shout at the top of my lungs now
But oh my god, if she hears me she'll come running in
These are my hands, these are my faults
These are my plans and these are my nasty little thoughts
I wrote 'em down for you to contemplate
It's a little bit of something that I feel
Oh man, I just can't deal
And other than this distance that has covered me
Can't you see that you have smothered me
Well, you're out there, just stay out there
Just when I was on to something else
That's when she figures me out
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