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.
Where is the one
Who will mourn me when I'm gone
Who will pour water on my bed of dirt
Who will breathe fire on my neck at night
I heard someone say
There's a chance that I would meet her
I could be perse-
phone and she demeter
To pull me from the underground that I call home
Her name is no one no one...
She blinds me with her eyes 'cause she's
The one, the one
She lives somewhere not here...
My lovers are as smooth
As a politician's tongue
The more I look for goodness,
The more that I find none
(3X) I heard someone say,
That she's honest and good...
Her name is no one no one no one...
Her name is no one no one...
She blinds me with her eyes 'cause she's
The one, the one
She lives somewhere not here...
I measure out my days
With sips of a corona
I'm pretty sure she drives
An old fucked up corolla
To pull me from the underground
That I call home
I've a funny feeling
There's no chance that I will meet her
so I'll measure out my nights
To my metronome's meter
Her name is no one...
Her name is no one...
Her name is no one.....
Who will mourn me when I'm gone
Who will pour water on my bed of dirt
Who will breathe fire on my neck at night
I heard someone say
There's a chance that I would meet her
I could be perse-
phone and she demeter
To pull me from the underground that I call home
Her name is no one no one...
She blinds me with her eyes 'cause she's
The one, the one
She lives somewhere not here...
My lovers are as smooth
As a politician's tongue
The more I look for goodness,
The more that I find none
(3X) I heard someone say,
That she's honest and good...
Her name is no one no one no one...
Her name is no one no one...
She blinds me with her eyes 'cause she's
The one, the one
She lives somewhere not here...
I measure out my days
With sips of a corona
I'm pretty sure she drives
An old fucked up corolla
To pull me from the underground
That I call home
I've a funny feeling
There's no chance that I will meet her
so I'll measure out my nights
To my metronome's meter
Her name is no one...
Her name is no one...
Her name is no one.....
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I think this is one of those songs that can be interpreted any way the listener wants to for their particular situation.
However, I think the intended meaning of the song is kind of an angsty sarcasm about not being able to find the perfect girl.
The singer starts out by asking where the girl for him is, and then talks about all the things people tell him the girl for him will be like; like the way people always say that there's a better, perfect, person out there for you.
I think that the reason he says her name is "No one" and that she "lives somewhere not here" is because he's saying that the perfect girl doesn't really exist, and he can't find anyone for him.