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.
Is this everything, I've dreamed of so much more
Between the end and where we lie
Here all hopes and dreams are scavenged from the floor
And fed into machines that feed on vacant eyes
All of my dreams, always find me
Far beyond these fake fluorescent skies
I know there must be something more, if I could only find the door
Then I could free myself and see the world outside where
Daylight breaks on you and shines into the
Grey that sleeps beneath your skull
Daylight breaks on you burns away the
Grey that suffocates your soul
For now I hold a key, and though I may be lost
I know that I will find my way
I search endlessly but every time I've thought
That I was near the smoke and mirrors lead me astray
See the pit boss, steal each tick tock
Time it seems will suffer at our hands
I look for exits in the haze, the dense electric twilit maze
I've heard that there is one that leads to sunlit lands where
Daylight, they tell me that it's just a myth
Daylight, they tell me that it can't exist
They try to betray me with a kiss
They might never know just what they've missed as
Daylight pours fire into my gray eyes
Pour grace into my gray life
Breaks in and lights the way
I can't live without the day
Between the end and where we lie
Here all hopes and dreams are scavenged from the floor
And fed into machines that feed on vacant eyes
All of my dreams, always find me
Far beyond these fake fluorescent skies
I know there must be something more, if I could only find the door
Then I could free myself and see the world outside where
Daylight breaks on you and shines into the
Grey that sleeps beneath your skull
Daylight breaks on you burns away the
Grey that suffocates your soul
For now I hold a key, and though I may be lost
I know that I will find my way
I search endlessly but every time I've thought
That I was near the smoke and mirrors lead me astray
See the pit boss, steal each tick tock
Time it seems will suffer at our hands
I look for exits in the haze, the dense electric twilit maze
I've heard that there is one that leads to sunlit lands where
Daylight, they tell me that it's just a myth
Daylight, they tell me that it can't exist
They try to betray me with a kiss
They might never know just what they've missed as
Daylight pours fire into my gray eyes
Pour grace into my gray life
Breaks in and lights the way
I can't live without the day
Lyrics submitted by pdpdrummer88
Between the End and Where We Lie Lyrics as written by Edward Carrington Breckenridge Dustin Michael Kensrue
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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