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.
Found all hands against his own
Found all eyes looking down
And the sun had left and gone
All his friends could not be found
Don't talk about,
Don't think about love
She's not the one
You've been dreamin' of
Don't talk about it,
Can't live without
You say you're alone
He found all hands against his own
He found the sky
It turned to grey
And the clouds start rollin' in
Got no use for what they say
Got no use for where they been
He found all hands against his own
And no light from up above
Just a dark and lonely road
He found all hands against his own
Found all eyes looking down
And the sun had left and gone
All his friends could not be found
Don't talk about,
Don't think about love
She's not the one
You've been dreamin' of
Don't talk about it,
Can't live without
You say you're alone
He found all hands against his own
He found the sky
It turned to grey
And the clouds start rollin' in
Got no use for what they say
Got no use for where they been
He found all hands against his own
And no light from up above
Just a dark and lonely road
He found all hands against his own
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you'd think this song would be depressing but it's so angsty that u can use it as stress relief - just listen to it and let all your tension and anger pour into the song and when the song finishes it takes all that negativity with it.
sorry, didn't mean to go all new age there. won't happen again...
@katie-s <br /> <br /> Don't be ashamed. You're right.<br /> <br /> And the New Age of truth, and the form of Good, which is God, is within you. <br /> <br /> It's okay.
there's something pretty special about this song.
I just heard the Black Keys for the first time this weekend and..wow. They're absolutely incredible. The guitar in their songs reminds me of legends like Pink Floyd, Carlos Santana and Jimmy Hendrix.
Anyway, this song is consistent with the attitude of true blues. The skies turn grey and everyone is against him.
hey everyone black keys are awesome i heard them on triple j about 2 or 3 years ago and they are just amazing when they came out to australia i saw them play live and it was awesome!!!
this band is definitely not popular enough, the guitar reminds me of Hendrix mixed with some White Stripes, very talented badasses here
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This song has such an infectious groove to it, as soon as the drums kick in during the intro you just have to move!
This song has a great beat and I absolutely love Dan Auerbach's vocals in it. The Key's album Rubber Factory was actually titled this because they practiced and recorded the songs for the album in an abandoned factory that manufactured rubber!
Impossible to listen to this song without moving in some way or at least tapping my foot!