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 won't go away
Right, right here, I stay
Stand silent in flames
Stand tall 'til it fades
Shoot me again, I ain't dead yet
Come on, shoot me again, I ain't dead yet
I said, shoot me again, I ain't dead yet
Come on, shoot me again, I ain't dead yet
Come on, shoot me again
Shoot me again, shoot me
Shoot me again, shoot me again
Come on, shoot me again
Shoot me again, shoot me
Shoot me again, shoot me again, come on
All the shots I take
I spit back at you
All the shit you fake
Comes back to haunt you
All the shots
All the shots
All the shots I take
What difference did I make?
All the shots I take
I spit back at you
I won't go away (with a bullet in my back)
Right, right here, I stay (with a bullet in my back)
Shoot me, shoot me
Shoot me, shoot me
I stand on my own (with a bullet in my back)
I'm stranded and sold (with a bullet in my back)
Shoot me again, I ain't dead yet
Go on, shoot me again, I ain't dead yet
Yeah, shoot me again, I ain't dead yet
Come on, shoot me again, I ain't dead yet
I said, shoot me again, shoot me again
Come on, shoot me again, shoot me again
Come on, shoot me again, shoot me again
Shoot me, shoot me again, shoot me again, yeah
All the shots I take
I spit back at you
All the shit you fake
Comes back to haunt you
All the shots
All the shots
All the shots I take
What difference did I make? (What difference did I make?)
All the shots I take
I spit back at you
Bite my tongue
Trying not to shoot back
No compromise
My heart won't pump the other way
Wake the sleeping giant
Wake the beast
Wake the sleeping dog
Don't let him sleep
Wake the sleeping giant
Wake the beast
Wake the sleeping dog
Don't let him sleep
Bite my tongue
Trying not to shoot back
All the shots I take
I spit back at you
All the shit you fake
Comes back to haunt you
All the shots
All the shots
All the shots I take
Hey, what difference did I make? (What difference did I make?)
Yeah, all the shots I take
I spit back at you
Right, right here, I stay
Stand silent in flames
Stand tall 'til it fades
Shoot me again, I ain't dead yet
Come on, shoot me again, I ain't dead yet
I said, shoot me again, I ain't dead yet
Come on, shoot me again, I ain't dead yet
Come on, shoot me again
Shoot me again, shoot me
Shoot me again, shoot me again
Come on, shoot me again
Shoot me again, shoot me
Shoot me again, shoot me again, come on
All the shots I take
I spit back at you
All the shit you fake
Comes back to haunt you
All the shots
All the shots
All the shots I take
What difference did I make?
All the shots I take
I spit back at you
I won't go away (with a bullet in my back)
Right, right here, I stay (with a bullet in my back)
Shoot me, shoot me
Shoot me, shoot me
I stand on my own (with a bullet in my back)
I'm stranded and sold (with a bullet in my back)
Shoot me again, I ain't dead yet
Go on, shoot me again, I ain't dead yet
Yeah, shoot me again, I ain't dead yet
Come on, shoot me again, I ain't dead yet
I said, shoot me again, shoot me again
Come on, shoot me again, shoot me again
Come on, shoot me again, shoot me again
Shoot me, shoot me again, shoot me again, yeah
All the shots I take
I spit back at you
All the shit you fake
Comes back to haunt you
All the shots
All the shots
All the shots I take
What difference did I make? (What difference did I make?)
All the shots I take
I spit back at you
Bite my tongue
Trying not to shoot back
No compromise
My heart won't pump the other way
Wake the sleeping giant
Wake the beast
Wake the sleeping dog
Don't let him sleep
Wake the sleeping giant
Wake the beast
Wake the sleeping dog
Don't let him sleep
Bite my tongue
Trying not to shoot back
All the shots I take
I spit back at you
All the shit you fake
Comes back to haunt you
All the shots
All the shots
All the shots I take
Hey, what difference did I make? (What difference did I make?)
Yeah, all the shots I take
I spit back at you
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Joey, works fine on my PC. That's weird, why would they be worried about MP3s, yet it works on almost everyone's PCs?
Fuck off.