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'm rackin' my brain
Trying to comprehend
How, for some unknown reason, our status will remain as friends
I'm destroying my mind
Trying to understand how with little to no effort
You've got me eating out of the palms of your hands
There was not a single spark
When my lips landed on yours in the dark,
But regardless of what happens next
You're my beloved, you just don't know it yet
Tonight I made a secret oath
To keep chasing after you
And I am not going to stop
Whether you like it or not
We're murdering our lives
Trying to make it work,
But you and I both know that we are a lost cause
And nothing more than specks on this Earth
There was not a single spark
When my lips landed on yours in the dark,
But regardless of what happens next
You're my beloved, you just don't know it yet
Tonight I made a secret oath
To keep chasing after you
And I am not going to stop
Whether you like it or not
Tonight I made a secret oath
To keep chasing after you
And I am not going to stop
Whether you like it or not
Yeah I know you listen to this all alone up in your room
I know you love how all this music's about you
Trying to comprehend
How, for some unknown reason, our status will remain as friends
I'm destroying my mind
Trying to understand how with little to no effort
You've got me eating out of the palms of your hands
There was not a single spark
When my lips landed on yours in the dark,
But regardless of what happens next
You're my beloved, you just don't know it yet
Tonight I made a secret oath
To keep chasing after you
And I am not going to stop
Whether you like it or not
We're murdering our lives
Trying to make it work,
But you and I both know that we are a lost cause
And nothing more than specks on this Earth
There was not a single spark
When my lips landed on yours in the dark,
But regardless of what happens next
You're my beloved, you just don't know it yet
Tonight I made a secret oath
To keep chasing after you
And I am not going to stop
Whether you like it or not
Tonight I made a secret oath
To keep chasing after you
And I am not going to stop
Whether you like it or not
Yeah I know you listen to this all alone up in your room
I know you love how all this music's about you
Lyrics submitted by BrandNew1208
Secret Oath Lyrics as written by Joseph Dean Beck Daniel Ludeman
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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I'm thinking this song was written about a certain person as if he was talking to that person at the end when he says I know you listen to this all alone up in your room, I know you love how all this music's about you.
he will keep chasing, but she will keep running tsc = awesome
some parts make me think that its about 2 people and how they may have thought they had something. but "There was not a single spark when my lips landed on yours in the dark"...there isn't anything there, but he wants to keep trying..yaa
I think hes trying to say shes not feeling anything but he is...there was no spark between "them" but he knows there could be if he just keeps chasing after her.
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at the beginning i thought i would hate the song cause i thought it would end up being really country but when i listened ot it through it was so good i love in the end Yeah I know you listen to this all alone up in your room "I know you love how all this music's about you"
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it relates to the terrible situation i'm in exactly. i'm wasting my time chasing after someone when i know the relationship wouldn't work out, and we could always be just friends, but i love him too much to give up.