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.
The taste of avenging blood
Suffer horror she's with stood
Disgust, the core of her soul
The crime takes a new toll
Rapes the soul
Hear her pain
Listen
To what she'd scream
I'm gonna see you bleeding
Face down in the dirt
I'm gonna give you back what
You've taken with hurt
You coward
I'm gonna spit right into you face
In grace you'll be no more
This scar makes her heart stronger
Your breath makes her days longer
Life gained through your dying eyes
Revenge, life's bitter prize
Feel reprise
Hear her pain
And listen
To what she'd scream
I'm gonna see you bleeding
Face down in the dirt
I'm gonna give you back what
You've taken with hurt
You coward
I'm gonna spit right into you face
In grace you'll be no more
The seasons wither away
The seasons wither away
The seasons wither away
The seasons wither away
And we pray you die (and we pray you die)
We pray you suffocate (suffocate)
In pain you writhe (in pain you writhe)
This day we celebrate (celebrate)
This day we celebrate (this day we celebrate)
Desecrate
This mind and body
This heart and soul
Will not be trampled
Will not crumble
You can't hurt me (hurt me)
Your power's control denied
And you can't rape me (rape me)
That moment's effect has died
You're a fucking shell that's dead in my eyes
Dead!
Dead!
Suffer horror she's with stood
Disgust, the core of her soul
The crime takes a new toll
Rapes the soul
Hear her pain
Listen
To what she'd scream
I'm gonna see you bleeding
Face down in the dirt
I'm gonna give you back what
You've taken with hurt
You coward
I'm gonna spit right into you face
In grace you'll be no more
This scar makes her heart stronger
Your breath makes her days longer
Life gained through your dying eyes
Revenge, life's bitter prize
Feel reprise
Hear her pain
And listen
To what she'd scream
I'm gonna see you bleeding
Face down in the dirt
I'm gonna give you back what
You've taken with hurt
You coward
I'm gonna spit right into you face
In grace you'll be no more
The seasons wither away
The seasons wither away
The seasons wither away
The seasons wither away
And we pray you die (and we pray you die)
We pray you suffocate (suffocate)
In pain you writhe (in pain you writhe)
This day we celebrate (celebrate)
This day we celebrate (this day we celebrate)
Desecrate
This mind and body
This heart and soul
Will not be trampled
Will not crumble
You can't hurt me (hurt me)
Your power's control denied
And you can't rape me (rape me)
That moment's effect has died
You're a fucking shell that's dead in my eyes
Dead!
Dead!
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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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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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i think it's about the revenge. someone did something bad to someone close to you esle, and it's the revenge for this. damn it, this song rapes me!
im really amazed only 1 person has commented on this song other then me, this song is AWESOME!
it's 'coz MH has no popularity of lots of people. and i think it's good, 'cause popularity damages the art, the music. look on slipknot now...
very true....
I agree with -=ViRUS=- but I think it is about something else to: about a bad time in a life wich is over now-> the seasons wither away.
Revenge defiantly. its that sort of drive to destroy what has done wrong to someone.
yeah i think its about revenge against someoe who wronged you (i mean what more of meaning do you want from this song?)
I think this song is about heartless bastards who corrupt and destroy peoples lives, and how they get what is fuckin coming to them. in the end the people they harass and hurt will triumph.
It is more than just a song about revenge, but a reckoning. The injustice is one that has been long standing, over a lifetime. Also, I see it as something that was done to a woman, because of the constant use of the pronoun "she", and how the death of the oppresor is something that she has been praying for.
I'm not sure that it applies to this song, but 'Days Turn Blue to Gray' is about his wife's mom and dad and what shitty parents they were, so he may be referring to them in this song as well too.