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.
Shut up......Stop talking
I got it all figured out this time
Don't worry
They'll never take us out alive
The endless trial
Convicting all
But it's us now
We got control
If you can't talk
Then I can't hear
And that's why we're locked in the dark
If I knew what you were from the start
Fighting would never be hard
Now we're drooling to tear you apart
Destroying all that you are
Let's start the big event
10 seconds of blind amusement
The public execution
So come on lets all feel the hate
I feel it....Yeah!
But I'm coming back for more
Excitement....Yeah!
Stop fucking the world to death....
You need it.....Yeah!
I'll kill us all right now....
For this......Yeah!
Cannot stop the rage
I know the lie
A photographs a knife
A question
A path that leads nowhere
I search inside myself
To find a place, sometimes safe
And if I find that place
I can finally rest and stop asking about
The know
The how
The where
The reasons competing
The way
The why
The you
The why
The reasons believing
And I know the faith
The God
The waste
The lying it's breathing
And I know the face
The man
The hate
The anger it's seething
The parasite
Behind my eyes
Controls my mind
And feeds on time
So I'll hide inside
And wait until it's over
The nothingness is vicoden
It felt so good to find an end
Nothing lasts when I am
Drowning for this
Killing for this
I can't stop thinking
I can't stop thinking about
It's just fine
And we'll be alright
While we can find
Our way to the endless light, yeah!
And tonight it all turns black again
So you can hide inside your fucking mind
And cry because you're still alive
But it will never end
Don't hold your mother fucking breath
Embrace your lonely selfishness
Cause you will never know
The know
The how
The where
The reasons competing
The know the face
The man
The hate
The anger it's seething
I got it all figured out this time
Don't worry
They'll never take us out alive
The endless trial
Convicting all
But it's us now
We got control
If you can't talk
Then I can't hear
And that's why we're locked in the dark
If I knew what you were from the start
Fighting would never be hard
Now we're drooling to tear you apart
Destroying all that you are
Let's start the big event
10 seconds of blind amusement
The public execution
So come on lets all feel the hate
I feel it....Yeah!
But I'm coming back for more
Excitement....Yeah!
Stop fucking the world to death....
You need it.....Yeah!
I'll kill us all right now....
For this......Yeah!
Cannot stop the rage
I know the lie
A photographs a knife
A question
A path that leads nowhere
I search inside myself
To find a place, sometimes safe
And if I find that place
I can finally rest and stop asking about
The know
The how
The where
The reasons competing
The way
The why
The you
The why
The reasons believing
And I know the faith
The God
The waste
The lying it's breathing
And I know the face
The man
The hate
The anger it's seething
The parasite
Behind my eyes
Controls my mind
And feeds on time
So I'll hide inside
And wait until it's over
The nothingness is vicoden
It felt so good to find an end
Nothing lasts when I am
Drowning for this
Killing for this
I can't stop thinking
I can't stop thinking about
It's just fine
And we'll be alright
While we can find
Our way to the endless light, yeah!
And tonight it all turns black again
So you can hide inside your fucking mind
And cry because you're still alive
But it will never end
Don't hold your mother fucking breath
Embrace your lonely selfishness
Cause you will never know
The know
The how
The where
The reasons competing
The know the face
The man
The hate
The anger it's seething
Lyrics submitted by Hardcore_Icon
Add your thoughts
Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.
Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!
More Featured Meanings
Light Up The Sky
Van Halen
Van Halen
The Night We Met
Lord Huron
Lord Huron
This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
Holiday
Bee Gees
Bee Gees
@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
Head > Heels
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
“Head > Heels” is a track that aims to capture what it feels like to experience romance that exceeds expectations. Ed Sheeran dedicates his album outro to a lover who has blessed him with a unique experience that he seeks to describe through the song’s nuanced lyrics.
American Town
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran shares a short story of reconnecting with an old flame on “American Town.” The track is about a holiday Ed Sheeran spends with his countrywoman who resides in America. The two are back together after a long period apart, and get around to enjoying a bunch of fun activities while rekindling the flames of their romance.
I don't think***, not thing. whoops