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.
YOUR UNIVERSE IS ONLY A PRODUCT OF YOUR MIND
No escape
once the threshold is crossed
Life and death
hold no meaning
Hidden doors
Interdimensional shifts
A dreamy state
of paralysis
Bands of mass
convert into energy
Forms of light
where no light exists
Time dilation
ad infinitum
Linear chaos
Internal distortion
Once inside
a dual state of being exists
Nonsequitur
Traveller of the continuum
ALTERED TIME
ALTERED SPACE
WAVES OF GRAVITY
ALTER REALITY
Entropy
nonexistent in this place
Macrocosm
situated in parallel space
Constant flux
warping all that spins throughout
elements
sharing outer valence shells
Identity
blends into waves of shock
Haze of reason
Shades of deformity
Correlation
on an atomic level
Portal ajar
He stumbles into the unknown
Overwhelmed
by free association
Twisted region
shown to the journeyman
Overload
All is dissipated
Displayed
violently unto the senses
[CHORUS]
ALTERED TIME
ALTERED SPACE
RELATIVE DEFORMITY
ALTER REALITY
Entering
Travelling
unwittingly
part of it, one with it
Lost inside
Identity
scrambling
memory override
Entering
unravelling
Regrettably
part of it, one with it
Lost inside
Infinity
Insanity
memory override
Lost in the mix
nonsequitur
movemenet is
dimensional
no escape
part of it, one with it
ad infinitum
part of the whole
reduced to nothing
ad infinitum
Lost in the mix
nonsequitur
ad infinitum
part of the whole
time and space
perpetual
labyrinth
memory override
Entering
Travelling
unwittingly
part of it, one with it
Nonsequitur
Ad infinitum
part of the whole
reduced to nothing
No escape
once the threshold is crossed
Life and death
hold no meaning
Hidden doors
Interdimensional shifts
A dreamy state
of paralysis
Bands of mass
convert into energy
Forms of light
where no light exists
Time dilation
ad infinitum
Linear chaos
Internal distortion
Once inside
a dual state of being exists
Nonsequitur
Traveller of the continuum
ALTERED TIME
ALTERED SPACE
WAVES OF GRAVITY
ALTER REALITY
Entropy
nonexistent in this place
Macrocosm
situated in parallel space
Constant flux
warping all that spins throughout
elements
sharing outer valence shells
Identity
blends into waves of shock
Haze of reason
Shades of deformity
Correlation
on an atomic level
Portal ajar
He stumbles into the unknown
Overwhelmed
by free association
Twisted region
shown to the journeyman
Overload
All is dissipated
Displayed
violently unto the senses
[CHORUS]
ALTERED TIME
ALTERED SPACE
RELATIVE DEFORMITY
ALTER REALITY
Entering
Travelling
unwittingly
part of it, one with it
Lost inside
Identity
scrambling
memory override
Entering
unravelling
Regrettably
part of it, one with it
Lost inside
Infinity
Insanity
memory override
Lost in the mix
nonsequitur
movemenet is
dimensional
no escape
part of it, one with it
ad infinitum
part of the whole
reduced to nothing
ad infinitum
Lost in the mix
nonsequitur
ad infinitum
part of the whole
time and space
perpetual
labyrinth
memory override
Entering
Travelling
unwittingly
part of it, one with it
Nonsequitur
Ad infinitum
part of the whole
reduced to nothing
Lyrics submitted by Disposition_987
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