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.
So I lit lanterns to light up all these words
Looking back I know it's what I'd die for
And through all this life
Smashed away all the strife
A friendship I paint
Untouchable
Crawling from the floor
I been there before
There I was staring back at the bottom
And let's make this clear
It came from these tears
Carved across our chests
Loyalty
And with the new light there was young hope
To underline the meaning
And carve our names in
At the end of August
The end of
At the end of August
The end of
I'll never replace the ones I first made
Jesus, does anyone?
So I lit lanterns to
Light up all these words
Looking back I know it's what I'd die for
And through all this life
Smashed away all the strife
A friendship I paint
Untouchable
And with the new light there was young hope
To underline the meaning
And carve our names in
At the end of August
The end of
At the end of August
The end of
I'll never replace the ones I first made
Jesus, does anyone?
Crawling from the floor
I been there before
And let's make this clear
Loyalty
And I want you to know
How all of you made me
How all of you saved me
And I'll never replace
The ones I first made
Jesus, does anyone?
At the end of August
The end of
At the end of August
The end of
I'll never replace the ones I first made
Jesus, does anyone?
Crawling from the floor
I been there before
There I was staring back at the floor
And let's make this clear
It came from these tears
Carved across our chests
Loyalty
Loyalty, loyal
Looking back I know it's what I'd die for
And through all this life
Smashed away all the strife
A friendship I paint
Untouchable
Crawling from the floor
I been there before
There I was staring back at the bottom
And let's make this clear
It came from these tears
Carved across our chests
Loyalty
And with the new light there was young hope
To underline the meaning
And carve our names in
At the end of August
The end of
At the end of August
The end of
I'll never replace the ones I first made
Jesus, does anyone?
So I lit lanterns to
Light up all these words
Looking back I know it's what I'd die for
And through all this life
Smashed away all the strife
A friendship I paint
Untouchable
And with the new light there was young hope
To underline the meaning
And carve our names in
At the end of August
The end of
At the end of August
The end of
I'll never replace the ones I first made
Jesus, does anyone?
Crawling from the floor
I been there before
And let's make this clear
Loyalty
And I want you to know
How all of you made me
How all of you saved me
And I'll never replace
The ones I first made
Jesus, does anyone?
At the end of August
The end of
At the end of August
The end of
I'll never replace the ones I first made
Jesus, does anyone?
Crawling from the floor
I been there before
There I was staring back at the floor
And let's make this clear
It came from these tears
Carved across our chests
Loyalty
Loyalty, loyal
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