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.
Wild is the wind that strips away our sins
Yours is the night, but you don't know where to begin
But I heard you say
You've got a feeling that it's just around the bend
I heard you say
Sometimes you fall into the arms of no-one at all
I mean to say that that's alright
I did what I could!
[Chorus]
Oh, sometimes I run
Yeah, sometimes I fall
L O V E, I'll see you later
L O V E, I'll see you later
Yours is the fire that gets in my head
Mine is desire, so let it burn down your bed
Cause I heard about those stories, yeah
I guess everyone has
I heard them say sometimes you fall
Just on your own with no-one at all
I mean to say that that's alright
I did what I could!
[Chorus: x2]
Yours is the night, but you don't know where to begin
But I heard you say
You've got a feeling that it's just around the bend
I heard you say
Sometimes you fall into the arms of no-one at all
I mean to say that that's alright
I did what I could!
[Chorus]
Oh, sometimes I run
Yeah, sometimes I fall
L O V E, I'll see you later
L O V E, I'll see you later
Yours is the fire that gets in my head
Mine is desire, so let it burn down your bed
Cause I heard about those stories, yeah
I guess everyone has
I heard them say sometimes you fall
Just on your own with no-one at all
I mean to say that that's alright
I did what I could!
[Chorus: x2]
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I don't think that the album is about youth. I don't know why, it just doesn't fit. Razorlight's music is good, but the lyrics aren't exactly ground breaking stuff. As for the meaning of Vice, I thought that it was pretty obvious. The guy can't do commitment, and dumps a girl at the first sign of "love" ("but if it's LOVE I'll see you later"). This is his Vice, thus the title. That is why he say love and must spell it out L-O-V-E in the chorus, and he can't actually say it until the end of the song. Talking of which, the end bit is missed out here so I shall post it for you: LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, Yes I'll see you later I'll see you sometime I'll see you there And you know, you know You cannot touch love with a cynical feeling no You cannot touch love unless you do believe in Oh love love love knows no cynical feeling See you later, see you sometime sometime It's just like that Sometimes you run sometimes you fall Sometimes you can sometimes you can't Ring that number back it's 07761010233 Oh ring it off the wall Ring it right back Ring it right back Ring it right back Ring it right back Oh it's just like