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.
lock the door to your room
pray they don't find us
pray they don't kick it down
oh you've been keeping secrets
and these kind of lies
have consequences
so many possibilities
for this to all end badly
it's almost guaranteed
nothing but shame and paranoia
a slightly desperate feeling
to calm you to sleep
what could we have done
to deserve the violence like this
and we'll watch a lot
coming under the door
listen for footsteps
coming down the hall
are you gonna wake up screaming
through a slit throat
young flesh searing
on a twin mattress
but it doesn't have to be
the way things end
we don't have to give up just yet
pray they don't find us
pray they don't kick it down
oh you've been keeping secrets
and these kind of lies
have consequences
so many possibilities
for this to all end badly
it's almost guaranteed
nothing but shame and paranoia
a slightly desperate feeling
to calm you to sleep
what could we have done
to deserve the violence like this
and we'll watch a lot
coming under the door
listen for footsteps
coming down the hall
are you gonna wake up screaming
through a slit throat
young flesh searing
on a twin mattress
but it doesn't have to be
the way things end
we don't have to give up just yet
Lyrics submitted by AllStarMe
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to me this song reminds me of ann franke and the nazi's ..... maybee tom gabel is jewish ?
lock the door to your room attic pray they don't find us they= nazis pray they don't kick it down oh you've been keeping secrets ppl hiding them and these kind of lies have consequences so many possibilities for this to all end badly it's almost guaranteed nothing but shame and paranoia a slightly desperate feeling to calm you to sleep
what could we have done we= jews to deserve the violence like this) holocust
and we'll watch a lot coming under the door listen for footsteps coming down the hall are you gonna wake up screaming through a slit throat young flesh searing on a twin mattress but it doesn't have to be the way things end we don't have to give up just yet
It's pretty hilarious to look at the comments below, in light of Laura's transition and coming out.
This album should have put her in the world's most transparent closet, but somehow nobody put it all together ^_^
@Sunr:21621ise it's ludicrous, people linking the lyrics to anne frank's diaries, child abuse, domestic violence... just goes on to show how hard trans people lives are....
best song on the new cd!
My guess: Murder. Whose? Not sure. Anyone's I guess. Always reminds me of "In Cold Blood" (the book).
I think it is about being lied to and about, then hiding from the lies as they attack. Attack Violently.
I'm thinking this is about hate crimes. "oh you've been keeping secrets and these kinds of lies have consequences" i.e. you're gay and we know it and it's wrong so we're going to kill you.
shame, paranoia...it all ties into the hate crime theme.
This song is about domestic abuse. The implication that it's specifically child abuse. If anyone has ever suffered or been around domestic abuse, this conveys a very personal sentiment concerning it. From a psychological standpoint, I'd say that whichever member wrote this song has probably suffered domestic abuse or known someone very personally who has. The use of the term "young flesh searing on a twin mattress" is an implication of a child pretending to be asleep while the "footsteps coming down the hall" of the abusive parent approach. You can play this song very well over a muted video of Aerosmith's "Janey's Got a Gun" for an illustrative example...
Actually, I just played the song to the video muted, and it syncs up perfectly, and that's really creepy. Here: youtube.com/watch Try it^^. Just start the song and then a second later start the video.
oh wait, no, it's this version. youtube.com/watch
i figured prison, honestly, but the child abuse angle seems to be appropriate too.