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.
Everyday it's he same old bullcrap
I wish I could escape from it and you
Why did I have to wake up.
I said someday i'd start a band..
be like Kurt Cobain,
save a bunch of souls,
show everyone at home that i'm not a falure.
But I could care less about the future,
cause the future's dead as I don't care.
And soon I see her...
In the distance it's her...
And everything falls the back of my mind,
and I wanna start the band just to impress her.
But then... I do something dumb...
Chorus:
And I don't remeber what I said,
or anything that I did, even though I wrote it in my songbook I,
am dead inside, and so is all my life,
I crawl away for good as I play guitar
my mind splits in two,
now i'm not making any sence
any sence...
Too late to stop and tell her that I like her
I am confused, scared out of my mind.
Breathing in real deep,
scared to take a single step,
scared i'll do something dumb.
And i'm scared to step any closer,
cause I already fell down the stairs, as she
sat and laughed.
Chorus
And now I fail to be anything,
and I can't see anything.
I sit in my room and wonder if she
thinks i'm dumb, and worthless.
Then I write this song,
and dream of playing it for her.
Though I know she'd laugh in my face,
but who cares, cause i'm not strong
anyway.
Chorus
I wish I could escape from it and you
Why did I have to wake up.
I said someday i'd start a band..
be like Kurt Cobain,
save a bunch of souls,
show everyone at home that i'm not a falure.
But I could care less about the future,
cause the future's dead as I don't care.
And soon I see her...
In the distance it's her...
And everything falls the back of my mind,
and I wanna start the band just to impress her.
But then... I do something dumb...
Chorus:
And I don't remeber what I said,
or anything that I did, even though I wrote it in my songbook I,
am dead inside, and so is all my life,
I crawl away for good as I play guitar
my mind splits in two,
now i'm not making any sence
any sence...
Too late to stop and tell her that I like her
I am confused, scared out of my mind.
Breathing in real deep,
scared to take a single step,
scared i'll do something dumb.
And i'm scared to step any closer,
cause I already fell down the stairs, as she
sat and laughed.
Chorus
And now I fail to be anything,
and I can't see anything.
I sit in my room and wonder if she
thinks i'm dumb, and worthless.
Then I write this song,
and dream of playing it for her.
Though I know she'd laugh in my face,
but who cares, cause i'm not strong
anyway.
Chorus
Lyrics submitted by fuckyouall
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The first song they ever recorded. And the worst written. I hope the add song feature gets added again soon so I can post the good stuff.