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.
Out of my mind
Gun up to the mouth
No pretension, execution
Live and learn, rape and turn
Fret, not family
Nor pre-judged army
This is for me
And me only, cowards only try it
Don't you try to die
Oh, like me
It's livid and it's lies
And makes graves, descending
It's not worth the time to try
To replenish a rotting life
I'll end the problem, facing nothing
Fuck you off, fuck you all
Tortured history, addict of misery
This exposes me
For weakness is a magnet watch me do it, do it
Graves descending down on me
It's livid and it's right
Regret, descending crown
Who
Why would you help anyone who doesn't want it
Doesn't need it, doesn't want your shit advice
When a mind's made up to go ahead and die?
What's done is done and gone, so why cry?
Aah-aah
I said, the best way, just to do it
For weakness is a magnet, watch me do it, do it, so it
Strange riders ride, like me
It's livid and it's right
Makes graves
(To strike me down)
Aah-aah
Aah-aah
Aah-aah
Aah-aah, ah-aah, ah-aah
Gun up to the mouth
No pretension, execution
Live and learn, rape and turn
Fret, not family
Nor pre-judged army
This is for me
And me only, cowards only try it
Don't you try to die
Oh, like me
It's livid and it's lies
And makes graves, descending
It's not worth the time to try
To replenish a rotting life
I'll end the problem, facing nothing
Fuck you off, fuck you all
Tortured history, addict of misery
This exposes me
For weakness is a magnet watch me do it, do it
Graves descending down on me
It's livid and it's right
Regret, descending crown
Who
Why would you help anyone who doesn't want it
Doesn't need it, doesn't want your shit advice
When a mind's made up to go ahead and die?
What's done is done and gone, so why cry?
Aah-aah
I said, the best way, just to do it
For weakness is a magnet, watch me do it, do it, so it
Strange riders ride, like me
It's livid and it's right
Makes graves
(To strike me down)
Aah-aah
Aah-aah
Aah-aah
Aah-aah, ah-aah, ah-aah
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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.”
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There is still an amazing amount of hope and will in the lyrics; and the lyrics themselve rank and easy five. If only music was stronger it would be one of those great radio songs that you hear once a week 20 years after it was released. The imagery is almost tear-jerking ("City lights lay out before us", "Speeds so fast felt like I was drunk"), and the idea of starting from nothing and just driving and working and denigrating yourself for a chance at being just above poverty, then losing in the end is just painful and inspiring at the same time.
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I don't think it's necessarily about sex. It's about wanting to start the day with some love and affection. Maybe a warm cuddle. I'm not alone in interpreting it that way! For example:
"'Just a Little Lovin’ is a timeless country song originally recorded by Eddy Arnold in 1954. The song, written by Eddie Miller and Jimmy Campbell, explores the delicate nuances of love and showcases Arnold’s emotive vocals. It delves into the universal theme of love and how even the smallest gesture of affection can have a profound impact on our lives." https://oldtimemusic.com/the-meaning-behind-the-song-just-a-little-lovin-by-eddy-arnold/
this song is a great way of showing that it doesnt have to be a balad to be powerful. Suicide note part 1 was a great and meaningful song, but part 2 just takes it all into a rage of energy and insanity with enough adrenalin to bash heads for days
Heavy depression mixed with power and energy.
Sounds black metalish to me. Either that or Anal Cunt done really well. Of course Anal Cunt and done well is an oxymoron.
this is fairly obvious what the song is about.. once your mind is truly made up about something, there's no point in wasting your energy. in this song he happens to be talking about death.. which is something many never take seriously, and definitely don't follow through with. fuckin kick ass song though! makes me wanna smash my head up against a wall repeatedly along with vinny's bass drums
this is easily the best pantera song ever...i actually do enjoy hearing songs about suicide, because then you can try to comprehend whats in the mind of someone who is willing to take their life themself...i just find that fucking interesting, and i hate blink 182 with a passion, but adams song provides it in a much weaker sense of this song...but i love this song, its great energy, i would love to go to a pantera show and tear shit up to this song.
Damn suicide Note Part 1 and 2 sure are different. Part 1 is all slow and acoustic and Phil sounds like the vocalist for Creed and Part 2 is the heaviest Pantera song I ever heard with Phill singing(screaming) like hes in a black metal band. Neat. Representing the depression and anger of someone about to kill theirtself.
Nah I wouldn't say he's screaming like a black metal band. Black metal shrieks aren't like that (Emperor, Mayhem, 1349). I'd say those screams are Phil screams! He has one of the most unique styles of screaming ever. The lyrics in this song aren't all that powerful, but his vocal performance in the song is outstanding
Anal Cunt is grindcore metal as far as I know, not black metal... Anyway, I love to listen to this song right after Part I, they really sound great together, like in the album. It really represents what's going on in a suicidal person's head, I can tell from expereince; especially in the part "Why would you help anyone who doesn't want it, doesn't need it, doesn't want your shit advice, when a mind's made up to go ahead and die? What's done is done and gone, so why cry?", when people are telling you not to do it and how you got a life ahead of you...
Those harsh screams are actually done by Anal cunt vocalist(I use that term loosely) Seth Putham, not Phil.
I thought that was on 13 Steps to Nowhere...???
I apologise, Seth did sing on this song AND 13 Steps to Nowhere, as well as War Nerve and the title track before it. I should know better than to question what people say without doing some research first...
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