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.
Mountain to sound
Mountain to sound
Time's so slow it's barely in person
Barely there, so down
We've been at the airport so long now
We've gone back to sound
It'll come back to you
It'll come back to you soon
Come right back to you
It'll come back to you
And I think I am losing this hard-on
That's okay
All the noise you're playing after hours
Sounds like hot shit to me
All the noise you're playing after hours
You could turn it down
I've been at the airport so long now
Mountain to sound
Mountain to sound
Time's so slow it's barely in person
Barely there, so down
We've been at the airport so long now
We've gone back to sound
It'll come back to you
It'll come back to you soon
Come right back to you
It'll come back to you
And I think I am losing this hard-on
That's okay
All the noise you're playing after hours
Sounds like hot shit to me
All the noise you're playing after hours
You could turn it down
I've been at the airport so long now
Mountain to sound
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Well i guess i better change that interpretation if some ghost came by to downcote it.
mountain to sound mountain to sound (person sitting next to him at a boarding gate is sitting still as a mountain listening to really loud music on headphones) time's so slow it's barely in person barely there, so down (time is ticking by at a snail's pace) we've been at the airport so long now (stuck at a terminal) we've gone back to sound (listening to music that someone else is listening to at the gate) it'll come back to you it'll come back to you soon (he'll remember the name of the band or song) come right back to you it'll come back to you (one day mountain will be sitting next to someone in an airport for hours on end listening to their loud/obnoxious music) and I think I am losing this hard-on (mountain's hot) that's okay (but mountain's music volume is annoying) all the noise you're playing after hours sounds like hot shit to me (mountain has good taste in music) all the noise you're playing after hours you could turn it down (mountain needs to turn down their music) I've been at the airport so long now (he's never going to get where he's trying to get to) mountain to sound (nothing changes)