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.
Meet me tonight by the bombed out carnival.
We'll hide out where the house of mirrors is smashed up like an icicle field.
We'll hide in the ferris wheel car
And we'll watch from the top as the cop sirens squeal, squeal!
Click! Click! Click! Click!
Bang! Bang!
Went my gun in the convenience store clerk's face.
"Give me all your fucking money,"
My voice quivered,
My hands wavered.
A little kid got it in the face-
He didn't stand a chance!
Love hounds is all we are.
We want it all right now.
Handsome young gentlemen,
Robbing and murdering
In the afternoon..
In the afternoon.
Love hounds is all we are.
We want it all right now.
Meet me tonight in the abandoned planetarium.
We'll hide in the dark as fake moons flicker and spark.
Click! Click! Click! Click!
Bang! Bang!
Went my gun in the crowded supermarket.
Now everybody knows our face.
Our picture's in the papers,
Our face's on the cameras,
We've got nowhere to go-
We're on the run!
Love hounds is all we are.
We want it all right now.
A gorgeous, wild woman sings
Calypso funeral hymns
In your getaway subway..
Your getaway subway.
Love hounds is all we are.
We want it all right now.
Electrocuted streets, electrocuted city.
We've bloomed from liars to theives.
We make guitars sound pretty.
Electrocuted streets, electrocuted city.
We've bloomed from lovers to pornographers.
We've bloomed from murderers to mass-murderers.
You know, all I ever wanted was a little money in my pocket
And my face on the 5 o'clock news.
Love hounds is all we are.
We want it all right now.
Love hounds is all we are.
We want it all right now.
We're swinging from the trees
Like pinatas for police
To crack and eat and chew..
To crack and eat and chew.
Love hounds is all we are.
We want it all right now.
We'll hide out where the house of mirrors is smashed up like an icicle field.
We'll hide in the ferris wheel car
And we'll watch from the top as the cop sirens squeal, squeal!
Click! Click! Click! Click!
Bang! Bang!
Went my gun in the convenience store clerk's face.
"Give me all your fucking money,"
My voice quivered,
My hands wavered.
A little kid got it in the face-
He didn't stand a chance!
Love hounds is all we are.
We want it all right now.
Handsome young gentlemen,
Robbing and murdering
In the afternoon..
In the afternoon.
Love hounds is all we are.
We want it all right now.
Meet me tonight in the abandoned planetarium.
We'll hide in the dark as fake moons flicker and spark.
Click! Click! Click! Click!
Bang! Bang!
Went my gun in the crowded supermarket.
Now everybody knows our face.
Our picture's in the papers,
Our face's on the cameras,
We've got nowhere to go-
We're on the run!
Love hounds is all we are.
We want it all right now.
A gorgeous, wild woman sings
Calypso funeral hymns
In your getaway subway..
Your getaway subway.
Love hounds is all we are.
We want it all right now.
Electrocuted streets, electrocuted city.
We've bloomed from liars to theives.
We make guitars sound pretty.
Electrocuted streets, electrocuted city.
We've bloomed from lovers to pornographers.
We've bloomed from murderers to mass-murderers.
You know, all I ever wanted was a little money in my pocket
And my face on the 5 o'clock news.
Love hounds is all we are.
We want it all right now.
Love hounds is all we are.
We want it all right now.
We're swinging from the trees
Like pinatas for police
To crack and eat and chew..
To crack and eat and chew.
Love hounds is all we are.
We want it all right now.
Lyrics submitted by iLL Ronald
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Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
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