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.
Another tragedy in the news,
Someone shooting down the right to choose.
It doesn't seem at all that they chose the right way.
Another law I heard got passed today,
Someone's trying to take my rights away.
It doesn't seem to me they chose the right way.
It's out of my hands,
But stuck in my mind,
In time I find my spine is crooked in design
I want to be so much more (I want to be so much)
Rescue me
Take this hand, by myself, alone I stand
Rescue me
From this world, from myself, before I grow old
Someone rescue me.
Does anybody ever feel this way?
Does anybody have the guts to say?
It doesn't seem at all they chose the right way
(Yo man you're going the wrong way)
Who am I to say I disagree?
Who am I not to change a thing?
Because I don't believe they chose the right way
(Hey man you're going the wrong way)
It's out of my hands,
But stuck in my mind,
In time I find my spine is crooked in design
I want to be so much more (I want to be so much)
Rescue me
Take this hand, by myself, alone I stand...
Rescue me
From this world, from myself, before I grow old
Here it comes again
Excuse too weak to stand on
I'm falling off
Too weak to stand on
I'm falling off
Too weak to hang on
Falling for you to catch me
Excuse too weak to stand on
I'm falling off
Too weak to stand on
I'm falling off
Too weak to hang on
Falling for you to catch me, catch me
I'm afraid
That no one is changing
who's to blame?
Someone save me!
Rescue me
Take this hand, by myself, alone I stand
Rescue me
From this world, from myself, before I grow old
Someone rescue me
Save me now, you gotta save me now
(Save me!)
Save me now, somebody rescue me
(Save me!)
Save me now, you gotta save me now
(Save me!)
Someone shooting down the right to choose.
It doesn't seem at all that they chose the right way.
Another law I heard got passed today,
Someone's trying to take my rights away.
It doesn't seem to me they chose the right way.
It's out of my hands,
But stuck in my mind,
In time I find my spine is crooked in design
I want to be so much more (I want to be so much)
Rescue me
Take this hand, by myself, alone I stand
Rescue me
From this world, from myself, before I grow old
Someone rescue me.
Does anybody ever feel this way?
Does anybody have the guts to say?
It doesn't seem at all they chose the right way
(Yo man you're going the wrong way)
Who am I to say I disagree?
Who am I not to change a thing?
Because I don't believe they chose the right way
(Hey man you're going the wrong way)
It's out of my hands,
But stuck in my mind,
In time I find my spine is crooked in design
I want to be so much more (I want to be so much)
Rescue me
Take this hand, by myself, alone I stand...
Rescue me
From this world, from myself, before I grow old
Here it comes again
Excuse too weak to stand on
I'm falling off
Too weak to stand on
I'm falling off
Too weak to hang on
Falling for you to catch me
Excuse too weak to stand on
I'm falling off
Too weak to stand on
I'm falling off
Too weak to hang on
Falling for you to catch me, catch me
I'm afraid
That no one is changing
who's to blame?
Someone save me!
Rescue me
Take this hand, by myself, alone I stand
Rescue me
From this world, from myself, before I grow old
Someone rescue me
Save me now, you gotta save me now
(Save me!)
Save me now, somebody rescue me
(Save me!)
Save me now, you gotta save me now
(Save me!)
Lyrics submitted by sex_monkey-=TS=-
Rescue Me Lyrics as written by Ben Osmundson Ali Tabatabaee
Lyrics © Bluewater Music Corp., VITAL MUSIC PUBLISHING
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This song practically MADE the game S.L.A.I. (Steel Lancer Arena International) worth playing. I've stomped SO many asses listening to this song.
Very good underground band, though. Love their sound.
This song is mainly about being pissed off at so much shit going on in the world, and nothing being done about it. Finally wondering if maybe telling people 'Hey, the world is still beautiful, let's go out and make it that way' is a lost cause on this Generation X bullshit.
In my opinion, it isn't. The world's still a beautiful place. Open your eyes and see it.
S.L.A.I. is a bloody amazing game and "the old zebrahead" basically made the game, mainly this song though.
i've listened to this song a lot and never really understood it too well but when i thought about the line "It's out of my hands but stuck in my mind in time, I find my spine is crooked in design, I want to be so much more (I wanna be so much)" i think it might be about how when you want to say something or stand up for what you believe but your too afraid. and you think about it but you convince yourself that you cant make a difference or stand up to someone. when people say you are spineless they ussually mean you are a coward so when it says "i find my spine is crooked in design" its kind of saying that he is afraid of standing up for himself. then its saying that he wants to be more then the person who goes through life with a bunch of opinions but not sharing them with anyone...this relates to my life a lot.. then it goes on in the 2nd verse to ask "does anyone have the guts to say?" and "Who am I to say I disagree?" "Who am I not to change a thing?". hes asking himself why would anyone listen to me and thinks that his opinions dont matter but everyones opinon matters
i just now thought it might speciffically be about the american government. but the overall meaning is just to stand up for your beliefs
Is this song all about loosing faith in the world and not fitting in..
Yeah. Like the world is crazy and you just wanna escape. I've loved this song since the very first time I heard it.
great song zebrahead rocks!
it's weird that not alot of ppl know who zebra head is =(
this song is absolutely great!i love it!!!
this song is absolutely great!i love it!!!
That's not right. Everybody knows who zebrahead is! One of the best bands on earth.
i love this song! the chorus is awesome!