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.
Will you tell me why the sun no longer shines every since you took the time to take from me what was all mine?
I want it back - I want it back
There's a blackout outside as well as inside, it's hiding a thing that I call my pride
I won't stop till I fill the black that's now a hole in the front of my back
Give me back what I lack and that is that
You were faking and taking doing everything but making
Now is my chance to do a dance around this thing I used to call romance
I'm not gonna lie, I thought that you and I would take to the sky and fly
But here is the thing, it was a silly feeling, why I was in it I'm wondering
I'll have to get used to getting abused for blowing an internal/external fuse
Will you tell me why the sun no longer shines every since you took the time to take from me what was all mine?
I want it back - I want it back
There's a blackout outside as well as inside, it's hiding a thing that I call my pride
I won't stop till I fill the black that's now a hole in the front of my back
All I'm gonna say is that it's another day to have something taken away
You had the key to me and now I see
I'm not even sad, just a little mad, that I thought you were the best I could ever have
I dropped the ball, I shouldn't have made the call, now I have to suffer the fall
It was bad timing, just like my rhyming, now I need to start climbing
There will be no more pictures since you messed with our mixture then you ended up blowing out my lighting fixture
Will you tell me why the sun no longer shines every since you took the time to take from me what was all mine?
I want it back - I want it back
There's a blackout outside as well as inside, it's hiding a thing that I call my pride
I won't stop till I fill the black that's now a hole in the front of my back
Will you tell me why the sun no longer shines every since you took the time to take from me what was all mine?
I want it back - I want it back
There's a blackout outside as well as inside, it's hiding a thing that I call my pride
I won't stop till I fill the black that's now a hole in the front of my back
I want it back - I want it back
There's a blackout outside as well as inside, it's hiding a thing that I call my pride
I won't stop till I fill the black that's now a hole in the front of my back
Give me back what I lack and that is that
You were faking and taking doing everything but making
Now is my chance to do a dance around this thing I used to call romance
I'm not gonna lie, I thought that you and I would take to the sky and fly
But here is the thing, it was a silly feeling, why I was in it I'm wondering
I'll have to get used to getting abused for blowing an internal/external fuse
Will you tell me why the sun no longer shines every since you took the time to take from me what was all mine?
I want it back - I want it back
There's a blackout outside as well as inside, it's hiding a thing that I call my pride
I won't stop till I fill the black that's now a hole in the front of my back
All I'm gonna say is that it's another day to have something taken away
You had the key to me and now I see
I'm not even sad, just a little mad, that I thought you were the best I could ever have
I dropped the ball, I shouldn't have made the call, now I have to suffer the fall
It was bad timing, just like my rhyming, now I need to start climbing
There will be no more pictures since you messed with our mixture then you ended up blowing out my lighting fixture
Will you tell me why the sun no longer shines every since you took the time to take from me what was all mine?
I want it back - I want it back
There's a blackout outside as well as inside, it's hiding a thing that I call my pride
I won't stop till I fill the black that's now a hole in the front of my back
Will you tell me why the sun no longer shines every since you took the time to take from me what was all mine?
I want it back - I want it back
There's a blackout outside as well as inside, it's hiding a thing that I call my pride
I won't stop till I fill the black that's now a hole in the front of my back
Lyrics submitted by jkalk5
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