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.
Hands cover whispers of the lovers fright
Fear-cloaked renditions of that autumn night
Digging up rumors of the kids in the park
What awful things happened in the dark?
Take just one last dare
Pretend you don't care
Till twilight falls
Wait, is someone else here?
And I can't stop my tears
I've never been so scared
In the cellar buried six feet deep
The lover's shaken from a dreamless sleep
Nails clawing splinters from the ceiling and floor
Shrieking like the witches 'til his stitches are sore
Take just one last dare
Pretend you don't care
Till twilight falls
Wait, is someone else here?
And I can't stop my tears
I've never been so scared
Calling for the other
Searching for her lover
Secrets she discovers
Drain her face of color
One, two, three, four, underneath cellar floor
Five, six, seven, eight, lover will suffocate
One, two, three, four, underneath cellar floor
Five, six, seven, eight, lover will suffocate
One, two, three, four, underneath cellar floor
Five, six, seven, eight, lover will suffocate
One, two, three, four, underneath cellar floor
Five, six, seven, eight, lover will suffocate
Fear-cloaked renditions of that autumn night
Digging up rumors of the kids in the park
What awful things happened in the dark?
Take just one last dare
Pretend you don't care
Till twilight falls
Wait, is someone else here?
And I can't stop my tears
I've never been so scared
In the cellar buried six feet deep
The lover's shaken from a dreamless sleep
Nails clawing splinters from the ceiling and floor
Shrieking like the witches 'til his stitches are sore
Take just one last dare
Pretend you don't care
Till twilight falls
Wait, is someone else here?
And I can't stop my tears
I've never been so scared
Calling for the other
Searching for her lover
Secrets she discovers
Drain her face of color
One, two, three, four, underneath cellar floor
Five, six, seven, eight, lover will suffocate
One, two, three, four, underneath cellar floor
Five, six, seven, eight, lover will suffocate
One, two, three, four, underneath cellar floor
Five, six, seven, eight, lover will suffocate
One, two, three, four, underneath cellar floor
Five, six, seven, eight, lover will suffocate
Lyrics submitted by LadyLucifer
Lover's End Lyrics as written by Michael Rainbow Michael Hanmer
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Lyrics powered by LyricFind
Add your thoughts
Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.
Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!
More Featured Meanings
Light Up The Sky
Van Halen
Van Halen
Standing On The Edge Of Summer
Thursday
Thursday
In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Cajun Girl
Little Feat
Little Feat
Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Mountain Song
Jane's Addiction
Jane's Addiction
Jane's Addiction vocalist Perry Farrell gives Adam Reader some heartfelt insight into Jane’s Addiction's hard rock manifesto "Mountain Song", which was the second single from their revolutionary album Nothing's Shocking. Mountain song was first recorded in 1986 and appeared on the soundtrack to the film Dudes starring Jon Cryer. The version on Nothing's Shocking was re-recorded in 1988.
"'Mountain Song' was actually about... I hate to say it but... drugs. Climbing this mountain and getting as high as you can, and then coming down that mountain," reveals Farrell. "What it feels to descend from the mountain top... not easy at all. The ascension is tough but exhilarating. Getting down is... it's a real bummer. Drugs is not for everybody obviously. For me, I wanted to experience the heights, and the lows come along with it."
"There's a part - 'Cash in now honey, cash in Miss Smith.' Miss Smith is my Mother; our last name was Smith. Cashing in when she cashed in her life. So... she decided that, to her... at that time, she was desperate. Life wasn't worth it for her, that was her opinion. Some people think, never take your life, and some people find that their life isn't worth living. She was in love with my Dad, and my Dad was not faithful to her, and it broke her heart. She was very desperate and she did something that I know she regrets."
Plastic Bag
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
“Plastic Bag” is a song about searching for an escape from personal problems and hoping to find it in the lively atmosphere of a Saturday night party. Ed Sheeran tells the story of his friend and the myriad of troubles he is going through. Unable to find any solutions, this friend seeks a last resort in a party and the vanity that comes with it.
“I overthink and have trouble sleepin’ / All purpose gone and don’t have a reason / And there’s no doctor to stop this bleedin’ / So I left home and jumped in the deep end,” Ed Sheeran sings in verse one. He continues by adding that this person is feeling the weight of having disappointed his father and doesn’t have any friends to rely on in this difficult moment. In the second verse, Ed sings about the role of grief in his friend’s plight and his dwindling faith in prayer. “Saturday night is givin’ me a reason to rely on the strobe lights / The lifeline of a promise in a shot glass, and I’ll take that / If you’re givin’ out love from a plastic bag,” Ed sings on the chorus, as his friend turns to new vices in hopes of feeling better.
ok, well this is what i got out of it.
Hands cover whispers of the lovers' fright
Me: "lover's being gagged from behind? hands from behind him covers his mouth." as jesterbunny said.
Fear-cloaked renditions of that autumn night Digging up rumours of the kids in the park What awful things happened in the dark? Me: kids hearing that somthing had happened at the park
Take, just one last dare Pretend you don't care Till twilight falls
Me: shes daring the lover to cheat on her and not care until he comes back
Wait, is someone else here? And I can't stop my tears I've never been so scared
Me: the girl he is cheating with thinks someone els is there and is scared
In the cellar buried 6 feet deep The lover's shaken from a dreamless sleep
Me: the lover wakes up in a cellar six feet under (duh) and has waken up from being knocked out
Nails clawing splinters from the ceiling and floor Shrieking like the witches til his stitches are sore
Me: he is digging at the walls trying to get out. the pain shreeks till his stitches (probebly got hit with somthing.) hurt.
Take, just one last dare Pretend you don't care Till twilight falls Wait, is someone else here? And I can't stop my tears I've never been so scared
Calling for the other, searching for her lover Secrets she discovers drain her face of color
Me: the woman he was cheaing with was looking for him,finds out what happens and is horrefied.
1.. 2.. 3.. 4 Underneath the cellar floor 5.. 6..7..8 Lover will suffocate
1.. 2.. 3.. 4 Underneath the cellar floor 5.. 6..7..8 Lover will suffocate
1.. 2.. 3.. 4 Underneath the cellar floor 5.. 6..7..8 Lover will suffocate
1.. 2.. 3.. 4 Underneath the cellar floor 5.. 6..7..8 Lover will suffocate
well, this is only my poinion. (sorry if my spelling is bad)
@ShatteringDesires I'm pretty sure the "cellar" is a coffin or some other wooden container. Otherwise he'd try to open the door, not dig at the walls/ceiling/floor (which are all made of wood, too - that would be weird if it was an actual cellar).
This reminds me SO MUCH of the book 'fallen'. I SOMEWHAT agree with the split personality thing but not with the story that it's been assossiated with
"Hands cover whispers of the lovers' fright Fear-cloaked renditions of that autumn night Digging up rumours of the kids in the park What awful things happened in the dark?"
She' a grown woman now but can remember how dark she was as a teenager. And she can see her teenage self gagging her boyfriend and was powerless to stop it.
"Take, just one last dare Pretend you don't care Till twilight falls"
Referring to her evil side which is convincig the boyfriend to go down into the cellar at nighttime as a dare.
"Wait, is someone else here? And I can't stop my tears I've never been so scared"
Reffering to her good side trying to WARN him not to but she's scared because she knows he'll try and be the 'big man' and still go.
"In the cellar buried 6 feet deep The lover's shaken from a dreamless sleep Nails clawing splinters from the ceiling and floor Shrieking like the witches til his stitches are sore"
He takes the dare as she feared, he walks into the cellar and she walks in with him. It's too late and her evil side took over and knocked him out, she buried him 6 feet underground and he's SO tightly packed underneath there that the splinters are clawing into him.
"Calling for the other, searching for her lover Secrets she discovers drain her face of color."
The good side comes back and sees what she just did and guilty that she was powerless to stop it.
"1.. 2.. 3.. 4 Underneath the cellar floor 5.. 6..7..8 Lover will suffocate"
As she freaks out, in her mid, her evil side is taunting her about what happened.
Damn I love this song.
Kind of self-explanatory... A girl is seeing another man behind her boyfriend's (or husband's) back. He catches them, she's freaked out, and seems to be quite the jealous type. So, to make sure she never sees him again, he buries the guy alive, after being knocked out of course. And it's there he'll suffocate and the lover will die. I would also love to comment on the song's music. Though it's about something so dark, it's got this lullaby tone to it and sort of an erotic tone to it. I think that's provided for by the way Chibi whispers the lyrics, though I really don't know if she means it intentionally to sound arousing. :S
My god you're stupid, Cole. (Unless Chibi actually said that this song was about what you described, in which case I feel like a spack)... A chick found out her boyfriend was cheating on her so she killed him. "I've never been so scared". She knows she's going to get caught. "Calling for the other, searching for her lover, secrets she discovers drain her face of color". The chick who he was cheating with found him dead and freaked out. Jebus.
cough So I pretty much sounded like a bitch. Sorry bout that. I just wanted to come back and say that this song reminds me a bit of Romeo & Juliet, if you guys knowudimean. Mhm.
Holy CRAP. I feel wrong about my first interpretation now, too. I'm an idiot AND a bitch. T_T
Calling for the other, searching for her lover~
u notice theres 2 guys then.
the lover is being buried alive.
this is obvious. but i cant assume anything much~ i guess maybe i agree with cole~ i was thinking sth like that too~
Hands cover whispers of the lovers' fright
lover's being gagged from behind? hands from behind him covers his mouth.
Fear-cloaked renditions of that autumn night Digging up rumours of the kids in the park What awful things happened in the dark?
some kids told someone they hear adults having sex in the park??? LOL