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.
I saw you cryin' as I turned away
Did I see your face, like it wasn't there
And I know I was wrong
Yeah, I knew it all along
But I didn't care about you
Clara, where are you today?
And did you make the same mistakes
That I made, a million times before I met
You
Did you go, did you run, did you think of
Your son?
Did you know you're not the only one
That tried to make a piece of coal into a
Diamond yeah!
So everything's fine now, at least you say
Maybe that's o.k.
But you know it's
Wrong
Was I right, did it last?
Were you dwelling on the past?
Or hanging on to a memory
So you say your time will never come
Maybe you should go ahead and jump
Then you'll become exactly what you are
Hanging onto
Standing there on the bridge
With your feet on the ledge
Maybe I might push you over the edge
And send you falling straight to the ground.
Did I see your face, like it wasn't there
And I know I was wrong
Yeah, I knew it all along
But I didn't care about you
Clara, where are you today?
And did you make the same mistakes
That I made, a million times before I met
You
Did you go, did you run, did you think of
Your son?
Did you know you're not the only one
That tried to make a piece of coal into a
Diamond yeah!
So everything's fine now, at least you say
Maybe that's o.k.
But you know it's
Wrong
Was I right, did it last?
Were you dwelling on the past?
Or hanging on to a memory
So you say your time will never come
Maybe you should go ahead and jump
Then you'll become exactly what you are
Hanging onto
Standing there on the bridge
With your feet on the ledge
Maybe I might push you over the edge
And send you falling straight to the ground.
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I think its about Kris's Mom or mother-figure like person....he was writing it as he was looking back at their relationship together but slipping into the memories....if you've ever read Little Girl Fly Away by Gene Stone(?) you know what i'm talking about....but the person was taken out of his life and she's back now and she's worried that he might hate her because of the past but Kris is saying that he doesn't care about the past mistakes. The line about jumping could be like jumping into being his 'mother' again...he could also be reasurring her that she wasn't the only one who made mistakes and that other people are putting up a facade ('tried to make a piece of coal into a diamond') and hoping that it would become something real.