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.
Run, is that all you can do?
Its all you’ve been doing since you been two
You just run,
You run away from change,
Leaving me bleeding, but you cant see.
You're so dumb,
With your big dumb face,
And your big dumb ego,
What a disgrace, let it go
What a disgrace, let it go
Wait, I ain't waiting for shit,
Cause when your waiting on something,
all you can get is a fix,
Yeah, you were just my fix,
Punchin your card in for all you can get.
You're so dumb,
With your big dumb face,
And your big dumb ego,
What a disgrace, let it go
What a disgrace, let it go
What hurts so much,
Is I believed you to be a true friend,
All along
But you never cared,
You never cared.
That I had your back,
Through all the confusion,
Through all the abuse,
and I cared,
No matter what you said,
But now you betrayed me,
Embarrassed and played me.
So dumb,
With your big dumb face,
And your big dumb ego,
What a disgrace, let it go
What a disgrace, let it go
What hurts so much,
is I believed you to be a true friend,
all along
But you never cared
What hurts so much,
is I believed you to be a true friend,
all along
But you never cared
You never cared
I always used to say,
to keep your friends close,
and your enemies closer,
I always used to say,
Dig a hole for the next man and you’ll fall in
I always used to say,
Keep your friends close,
and your enemies closer,
I always used to say,
Dig a hole for the next man and you’ll fall in
I know, you know,
that you're ready to fall in,
I know, you know,
that you're ready to fall in,
I know, you know,
that you're ready to fall in,
I know, you know,
that you're ready to fall in,
Too late now,
Afraid now,
Of all the things I could say now
Its too late to complain
you don’t deserve a word, now
Too late now,
Afraid now,
Of all the things I could say now,
Its too late to complain
you don’t deserve a word.
What hurts so much,
Is I believed you to be a true friend,
All along
But you never cared,
What hurts so much,
Is I believed you to be a true friend,
All along
But you never cared.
Its all you’ve been doing since you been two
You just run,
You run away from change,
Leaving me bleeding, but you cant see.
You're so dumb,
With your big dumb face,
And your big dumb ego,
What a disgrace, let it go
What a disgrace, let it go
Wait, I ain't waiting for shit,
Cause when your waiting on something,
all you can get is a fix,
Yeah, you were just my fix,
Punchin your card in for all you can get.
You're so dumb,
With your big dumb face,
And your big dumb ego,
What a disgrace, let it go
What a disgrace, let it go
What hurts so much,
Is I believed you to be a true friend,
All along
But you never cared,
You never cared.
That I had your back,
Through all the confusion,
Through all the abuse,
and I cared,
No matter what you said,
But now you betrayed me,
Embarrassed and played me.
So dumb,
With your big dumb face,
And your big dumb ego,
What a disgrace, let it go
What a disgrace, let it go
What hurts so much,
is I believed you to be a true friend,
all along
But you never cared
What hurts so much,
is I believed you to be a true friend,
all along
But you never cared
You never cared
I always used to say,
to keep your friends close,
and your enemies closer,
I always used to say,
Dig a hole for the next man and you’ll fall in
I always used to say,
Keep your friends close,
and your enemies closer,
I always used to say,
Dig a hole for the next man and you’ll fall in
I know, you know,
that you're ready to fall in,
I know, you know,
that you're ready to fall in,
I know, you know,
that you're ready to fall in,
I know, you know,
that you're ready to fall in,
Too late now,
Afraid now,
Of all the things I could say now
Its too late to complain
you don’t deserve a word, now
Too late now,
Afraid now,
Of all the things I could say now,
Its too late to complain
you don’t deserve a word.
What hurts so much,
Is I believed you to be a true friend,
All along
But you never cared,
What hurts so much,
Is I believed you to be a true friend,
All along
But you never cared.
Lyrics submitted by thewhitepony33
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