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.
all games they play
undead and awake and returning within
you are a devil, they say and it's candy
how long i've known this seed burst and grown
you're the one that i love
you are the one that i trust
and it's candy
when they speak of the open door and the way you've flown
it's line
when they show me the evidence and they're talking down your memory
nevermind the words they waste
they can't see you're mine
waiting here until words run out
dreaming of the day when you open your arms in the light of our
love...
undead and awake and returning within
you are a devil, they say and it's candy
how long i've known this seed burst and grown
you're the one that i love
you are the one that i trust
and it's candy
when they speak of the open door and the way you've flown
it's line
when they show me the evidence and they're talking down your memory
nevermind the words they waste
they can't see you're mine
waiting here until words run out
dreaming of the day when you open your arms in the light of our
love...
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I fisrt heard this song when i was in love with my ex. I thought it was just like candy and i thought it to be a beautiful love song. After he broke up with me i realized it was not a love song at all, cause the other person is leaving/left. The author is still in love and thinks things will be the same after they realized what they had (wrong i figured out). To me this song is about being in love with someone so much that you completly miss their faults and the illusion of the one you love, loving you.
this song is so beautiful...i can't believe no one has commented on it...it reminds me of laying in bed with my ex staring out the window watching the rain drops and stars...sigh
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This is such a beautiful song. I agree with despondent optimist. It's exactly how I feel right now. How tragic
i love this song... i think its my favorite one by sunny day. all the songs on the rising tide are so beautiful..its mesmorizing and calming and everything all at once.
I think this song is about being deceived, but a self deception or denial rather than one inflicted by others. Its as if everyone else can see that this person is poison; and yet, you refuse to see it and convince yourself eventually this person will accept you and love you, whereas its all a dream. Candy is just something in a pretty wrapper that is unhealthy for you in the end.
Well, I suppose that was all somewhat obvious, but I just felt like blabbing at 1 in the morning.
Nevermind the words they waste They can't see you're mine Waiting here until words run out Dreaming of the day when you open your arms In the light of our love...
i can't belive that. what amazing such beautiful song! this is music this is how emotional feelings comes out. awesome. nothing more nothing less
I was listening to this song just when i liked this girl but never had the guts to call her and then all of a sudden she calls me. its is all about the feeling you have before you can give someone your heart
i think this started out as a relationship and then she leaves. everyone is talking down her memory but he still loves her and he thinks its fine.
these two lines make me think that this song is about jeremy's personal beliefs about jesus:
"Undead and awake and returning within You are a devil they say, and it's candy"
the devil is a religious symbol. the phrase "undead and awake and returning within" is a veritable born-again slogan. it all just seems spiritual. although of course it could be stretched to be about a woman as well, and that's what i think dan intended for it to be.
someone left him & he cant get over her, so he imagines that she'll come back to him... but she wont. he just dreams that she'll open her arms in the light of their "love" :) sounds kinda weird and stalkerish to me, but nonetheless gorgeous.