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.
Send up a smile for me, baby, I say to the rising flame
A dynamic woe blows in with the cold
And brings back the loneliness again
Your voice it haunts my nature
With words that I use to make you bleed
With one hand and my imagination I thought I'd never need for anything
But my spaceship crashed against the wall
My neighbor's grass ain't so green after all
I wouldn't have a second thought 'bout the fall
But I'm wondering who will love me in winter...
Delusions of grandeur misled my adventurous spirit
Love of the unknown rolls like a stone above my contentment
The autumn leaves fall from the trees
And hold me captive with a dance in the air
And I know with the passing of these, I must find love from somewhere
Spaceship crashed against the wall
My neighbor's grass ain't so green after all
I wouldn't have a second thought 'bout the fall
But I'm wondering who will love me in winter...
I wouldn't have a thought bout the fall
But I'm wondering who will love me in winter...
Spaceship crashed against the wall
My neighbor's grass ain't so green after all
I wouldn't have a second thought 'bout the fall
But I'm wondering who will love me in winter...
A dynamic woe blows in with the cold
And brings back the loneliness again
Your voice it haunts my nature
With words that I use to make you bleed
With one hand and my imagination I thought I'd never need for anything
But my spaceship crashed against the wall
My neighbor's grass ain't so green after all
I wouldn't have a second thought 'bout the fall
But I'm wondering who will love me in winter...
Delusions of grandeur misled my adventurous spirit
Love of the unknown rolls like a stone above my contentment
The autumn leaves fall from the trees
And hold me captive with a dance in the air
And I know with the passing of these, I must find love from somewhere
Spaceship crashed against the wall
My neighbor's grass ain't so green after all
I wouldn't have a second thought 'bout the fall
But I'm wondering who will love me in winter...
I wouldn't have a thought bout the fall
But I'm wondering who will love me in winter...
Spaceship crashed against the wall
My neighbor's grass ain't so green after all
I wouldn't have a second thought 'bout the fall
But I'm wondering who will love me in winter...
Lyrics submitted by Pryncess33
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
Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
Magical
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
How would you describe the feeling of being in love? For Ed Sheeran, the word is “Magical.” in HIS three-minute album opener, he makes an attempt to capture the beauty and delicacy of true love with words. He describes the magic of it all over a bright Pop song produced by Aaron Dessner.
Blue
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
“Blue” is a song about a love that is persisting in the discomfort of the person experiencing the emotion. Ed Sheeran reflects on love lost, and although he wishes his former partner find happiness, he cannot but admit his feelings are still very much there. He expresses the realization that he might never find another on this stringed instrumental by Aaron Dessner.
Page
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
There aren’t many things that’ll hurt more than giving love a chance against your better judgement only to have your heart crushed yet again. Ed Sheeran tells such a story on “Page.” On this track, he is devastated to have lost his lover and even more saddened by the feeling that he may never move on from this.
I think it is about a man who left a good relationship, in search of something better....but he came to find out that he was wrong, (hence, the 'spaceship crashed against the wall, my neighbors grass aint so green after all). I think the spaceship is his 'vehicle' for his journey that he took into promiscuity, but then it crashed (hence, where he found out the grass wasnt greener). Also, I think that 'winter' represents his mature stage, and he's saying that now that he has grown and matured, and has passed the youthful stage of playing the field, he's left alone... wondering who will love him....
Basically I think this song is about him coming to the realization that after a while of 'fun,' he is left without anyone that he can really spend his life with...
'With one hand and my imagination I thought I'd never need for anything' Charming ;)
Song starts off at the end of a bad relationship.\n\n"Send up a smile for me, baby, I say to the rising flame".\nHe burned the bridge that lead to his relationship with her. Now he is thinking about all of the destructive things he said to her in the heat of the argument. And seeing her say, what he had said to her.\n\n"Your voice it haunts my nature\nWith words that I use to make you bleed".\n\n But without remorse he turns to self pleasure instead of mending his relationship. \n\n "With one hand and my imagination I thought I\'d never need for anything."\nHe see\'s how wrong he was but he still doesn\'t care. The spaceship is his lust, his ability to love, in the physical sense. Then with a play of words he let\'s you know he has moved on. Plane crashes instead of plummeting to the earth, the word Fall is rearrange to Autumn. Because he doesn\'t care any more. And as he changes the subject He is wondering since he is the way he is who could love him now. Now that it is winter. Cold and lonely. \n\n"But my spaceship crashed against the wall\nMy neighbor\'s grass ain\'t so green after all\nI wouldn\'t have a second thought \'bout the fall\nBut I\'m wondering who will love me in winter".