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.
I will never bother you
I will never promise to
I will never follow you
I will never bother you
never say a word again
I will crawl away for good
I will move away from here
You wont be afraid of fear
no thought was put into this
I always knew it would come to this
things have never been so swell
I have never felt this well
Pain...(3x)
You Know You're Right(3x)
I'm so warm and calm inside
I no longer have to hide
let's talk about someone else
sterling silver begins to melt
nothing really bothers her
she just wants to love herself
I will move away from here
you wont be afraid of fear
no thought was put into this
I always knew it would come to this
things have never been so swell
I have never felt this well
Pain...(5x)
You Know You're Right(17x)
Pain.
I will never promise to
I will never follow you
I will never bother you
never say a word again
I will crawl away for good
I will move away from here
You wont be afraid of fear
no thought was put into this
I always knew it would come to this
things have never been so swell
I have never felt this well
Pain...(3x)
You Know You're Right(3x)
I'm so warm and calm inside
I no longer have to hide
let's talk about someone else
sterling silver begins to melt
nothing really bothers her
she just wants to love herself
I will move away from here
you wont be afraid of fear
no thought was put into this
I always knew it would come to this
things have never been so swell
I have never felt this well
Pain...(5x)
You Know You're Right(17x)
Pain.
Lyrics submitted by chamberman
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limp bizkit?
Please don’t tell me Limp Bizkit covered this amazing Nirvana song...First The Who and now Nirvana???!?!? Know what’s funny? Fred Durst said he idolizes Kurt Cobain and wants to make an impact on the world like he did. I don't know many people at all who would be at all as upset if Fred killed himself. His lyrics are laughable and absurd. He is extremely over cocky with nothing to base it on. He has no musical talent whatsoever. He has to make up stories about having sex with Britney Spears and Halle Berry because in reality no girl would want to be with him. He's fake and just as processed as those artists like Britney Spears. I feel like President Bush should declare a national tragedy every time some adolescent boy spends $15 on Fred’s music, if you can even call it that….On the other hand, Kurt Cobain wasn't fake and he was a poetic genius. No matter how hard he tries, Fred could never even be an ounce of what Cobain was and always will be.
amen
It wasn't just murdering The Who and Nirvana. He also covered Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here". He murdered what is, in my opinion, one of the greatest rock songs of all time.
...Why? Is this for real?
argh! please tell me this is one sick joke?
No, he covered it in a concert, I read about it on MTV.com. Might have been on Family Values, or Projekt Revolution (if they were on one of those) - some big tour with other bands. The one Korn got fans to do karaoke of Freak On A Leash at, I believe.
Fred Durst should never have touched this song, and the lyrics have been changed. Whether it's by Durst or whoever entered them, it shouldn't have happened.
shame on you limp SHIZKIT!!
WHAT
THE
FUCK?!?!?!?
Why in the hell is a Nirvana song being covered by Limp Bizkit?
First off.... let me start by saying this......Fred Durst and LP brought down rock music, and only now is it starting to get back on it's feet...
but for a band that wrote the silage known as "rollin" to even consider covering this song is a disgrace in of itself to music....
What the fuck was going through their minds????
"ohh both our fans are gonna love this song because of the slow vocals and driven grunge style guitar!!!!"
then they play and bulk and skul are like what the fuck this song sucks!!!!
and then Fred is like ohhh well you know your right....
and every dipshit at the family values tour shares in a brady bunch moment where everyone laughs at the expense of not taking seriously a song writeen by one of the greatest fucking bands of all time!!!!.....
Fred should know his role and shut his hole.......
Think about How Kurt would feel if he was still alive?
What would his opinion of Durst be?
I dont even want to taint my ears by giving this song a chance........ Behind blue eyes was bad enough....... they took out the guitar solo...... one of the greatest things known to mankind, a guitar solo...... was taken out of the song and replaced with a ................
See~N~Spell...........
L.I.M.P. say it discover......
yeah discover my foot up Fred Dirt's ass........
no one can possibly piss me off more than Fred........
If he wasn't such a Greedy money whore, I might have a smidge of respect for him...
but even if Fred was to start clean and go abck in time, he could becuase he is so pathetic........
You cannot understand the frustration i feel over that mere fact!!!! that LP covered a nirvana song.....
Whats next, Linkin Park covering Jesus Christ Pose?
or even Korn Covering Pearl Jam or BULLSHIT!!!!
If any of these shitty bands ever covers a good song again, I am gonna send out letter bombs........
Watch..... some how it happens and I wind up going to prison for it....