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 could be your satellite
I could give your MTV
You don't need a dish tonight
I get all these things for free
Download this screen saviour
When you're done saving, save yourself
Could stay online in your car, chatline no matter where you are
Virtual reality
Just not real enough for me
Jesus Christ is still alive
I'm waiting for Him to arrive
And interactive courier above all multimedia
Optical holography
Have no faith in what you see
(What you will see, yeah)
Open up your window
How far are you prepared to go
Could be more than just one drive
How many flavours have your tried
Go spirituality
No one here gets saved for free
Somewhere inside of me is the promise of eternity, yeah
Somewhere inside of you there's a spirit that you hide from view
You don't need to understand
You just need to take His hand
Somewhere inside of me is the promise of eternity, yeah
Somewhere inside of you there's a spirit that you hide, come on
How dare ya
How dare ya
How dare ya
How dare ya
How dare ya
I could give your MTV
You don't need a dish tonight
I get all these things for free
Download this screen saviour
When you're done saving, save yourself
Could stay online in your car, chatline no matter where you are
Virtual reality
Just not real enough for me
Jesus Christ is still alive
I'm waiting for Him to arrive
And interactive courier above all multimedia
Optical holography
Have no faith in what you see
(What you will see, yeah)
Open up your window
How far are you prepared to go
Could be more than just one drive
How many flavours have your tried
Go spirituality
No one here gets saved for free
Somewhere inside of me is the promise of eternity, yeah
Somewhere inside of you there's a spirit that you hide from view
You don't need to understand
You just need to take His hand
Somewhere inside of me is the promise of eternity, yeah
Somewhere inside of you there's a spirit that you hide, come on
How dare ya
How dare ya
How dare ya
How dare ya
How dare ya
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