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.
I'm a fighter and I find it hard to let things die
But I have you and you believe that things work out in time
If I could for you I would turn water into wine
I ask you what you want
And you say, "The whole blue sky"
Out of the past into the dark
Stumblin' around Montebello Park
Looking for peace we'll find it somehow
They didn't owe us then
They don't owe us now
I will always love you this way
I will remember these days
Harder times we wonder if it's worth our while to try
Aimless generation wakes to watch the world pass by
Those who get ahead in life are those who live a lie
Feeling life is all fucked up you
Cry, cry, cry
Out of the past into the dark
Stumblin' around Montebello Park
Looking for peace, we'll find it somehow
They didn't owe us then
They don't own us now
It's time I set a vigil to the past and say goodbye
It's time these little visions gonna haunt me 'til I die
I will always love you this way
I will remember these days
I will always love you this way
I will remember these days
I set a vigil to the past and say goodbye
These little visions gonna haunt me 'til I die
I will always love you this way
I will remember these days
I will always love you this way
I will remember these days
I will always love you this way
I will remember these days
I will always love you this way
But I have you and you believe that things work out in time
If I could for you I would turn water into wine
I ask you what you want
And you say, "The whole blue sky"
Out of the past into the dark
Stumblin' around Montebello Park
Looking for peace we'll find it somehow
They didn't owe us then
They don't owe us now
I will always love you this way
I will remember these days
Harder times we wonder if it's worth our while to try
Aimless generation wakes to watch the world pass by
Those who get ahead in life are those who live a lie
Feeling life is all fucked up you
Cry, cry, cry
Out of the past into the dark
Stumblin' around Montebello Park
Looking for peace, we'll find it somehow
They didn't owe us then
They don't own us now
It's time I set a vigil to the past and say goodbye
It's time these little visions gonna haunt me 'til I die
I will always love you this way
I will remember these days
I will always love you this way
I will remember these days
I set a vigil to the past and say goodbye
These little visions gonna haunt me 'til I die
I will always love you this way
I will remember these days
I will always love you this way
I will remember these days
I will always love you this way
I will remember these days
I will always love you this way
Lyrics submitted by hardcor_toonz
Montebello Park Lyrics as written by Gordie Edmond Johnson Colin Macdonald
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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everyone keeps posting about how good a song is, aren't we supposed to write what we think it means?
anyways i think this song is about a young couple who are scared that the fact that they are growing older will separate them