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.
The beauty that you gave
Has turned upon itself
And all the things you said
Evaporated
Evaporated
Was I blind
Deaf and dumb
To the words slipped from yur tongue?
Honestly, honestly, honestly
Alone in my bed
The things that you said
Go round in my head, still
It seems to be true
That nothin' I do
Can influence you,
I tried and tried again
(Don't you know I tried and tried again
To make you listen to me
But everything I said it always seemed to go right through you)
To make you notice me
(I turned myself into a person that I didn't like
But please believe me when I say I know it wasn't right)
But talking to myself
(I never thought that things would
Get to be so complicated
I never thought that you and me would end up o frustrated)
Won't catch you attention I see,
(You'd think that something had to come from all those good intentions
But in the end I needed something more than intervention)
Was I mad?
Was I, mad?
Foolish me
Foolish, me
To succumb so easily
To succumb
Easily
So easily
So easily
Honestly, honestly, honestly
(Alone in my bed
The things that you said
Go round in my head, still
It seems to be true
That nothin' I do
Can influence you, still)
Fools like me get so easily taken
And fools like me can be so mistaken
Honestly
Honestly
Honestly
The promise that you gave
(Don't you know the promise that you
Gave just turned it's back upon me
I stopped believing but you couldn't take the whole thing from me)
Has turned it's back
(I never thought I'd have to pay the price to set you free)
And all you represented
Was just my projection you see
(You know I never thought I'd ever
Live a day without you
And that's the reason why
It makes me sad to think about you
And you know I never thought
I'd make it if you wasn't there
And now I'm tryin' to eject myself
From this despair)
People come
People go
Never say I "told you so"
Honestly
Everything I know you said
Goin' round inside my head
Never thought I'd see the day
Always got a price to pay
Nothin' that I ever do
Ever seems to get to you
Has turned upon itself
And all the things you said
Evaporated
Evaporated
Was I blind
Deaf and dumb
To the words slipped from yur tongue?
Honestly, honestly, honestly
Alone in my bed
The things that you said
Go round in my head, still
It seems to be true
That nothin' I do
Can influence you,
I tried and tried again
(Don't you know I tried and tried again
To make you listen to me
But everything I said it always seemed to go right through you)
To make you notice me
(I turned myself into a person that I didn't like
But please believe me when I say I know it wasn't right)
But talking to myself
(I never thought that things would
Get to be so complicated
I never thought that you and me would end up o frustrated)
Won't catch you attention I see,
(You'd think that something had to come from all those good intentions
But in the end I needed something more than intervention)
Was I mad?
Was I, mad?
Foolish me
Foolish, me
To succumb so easily
To succumb
Easily
So easily
So easily
Honestly, honestly, honestly
(Alone in my bed
The things that you said
Go round in my head, still
It seems to be true
That nothin' I do
Can influence you, still)
Fools like me get so easily taken
And fools like me can be so mistaken
Honestly
Honestly
Honestly
The promise that you gave
(Don't you know the promise that you
Gave just turned it's back upon me
I stopped believing but you couldn't take the whole thing from me)
Has turned it's back
(I never thought I'd have to pay the price to set you free)
And all you represented
Was just my projection you see
(You know I never thought I'd ever
Live a day without you
And that's the reason why
It makes me sad to think about you
And you know I never thought
I'd make it if you wasn't there
And now I'm tryin' to eject myself
From this despair)
People come
People go
Never say I "told you so"
Honestly
Everything I know you said
Goin' round inside my head
Never thought I'd see the day
Always got a price to pay
Nothin' that I ever do
Ever seems to get to you
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