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.
Superstition taking all of us for a ride
Mind's overtaken by the signs of the right
The bombs are falling overhead with no sight
While you are talking all detached, so tell us
Where are you going?
To the bottom
Do you hear us?
We are rotting
We're going down
In a spiral to the ground
No one
No one's gonna save us now
Ceremonies have killed religions for they provide
The masked comforts to delusionals, they're all in fright
The true believer's head was bathed in sunlight
While you are walking all detached, so tell us
Where are you going?
To the bottom
Do you hear us?
We are rotting
We're going down
In a spiral to the ground
No one
No one's gonna save us now
Not even God
No one saved us
No one's gonna save us
Where do you expect us to go when the bombs fall?
Ah-ah
Where do you expect us to go when the bombs fall?
Where do you expect them to go when the bombs fall?
Where do you expect us to go when the bombs fall?
Superstition taking all of us for a ride
Mind's overtaken by the signs of the right
The bombs are falling overhead with no sight
While you are talking all detached
Detached, detached, detached, detached
Going down
In a spiral to the ground
No one
No one's gonna save us now (not even God)
No one saved us
No one saved us
No one saved us
No one's gonna save us now
Where do you expect us to go when the bombs fall?
Mind's overtaken by the signs of the right
The bombs are falling overhead with no sight
While you are talking all detached, so tell us
Where are you going?
To the bottom
Do you hear us?
We are rotting
We're going down
In a spiral to the ground
No one
No one's gonna save us now
Ceremonies have killed religions for they provide
The masked comforts to delusionals, they're all in fright
The true believer's head was bathed in sunlight
While you are walking all detached, so tell us
Where are you going?
To the bottom
Do you hear us?
We are rotting
We're going down
In a spiral to the ground
No one
No one's gonna save us now
Not even God
No one saved us
No one's gonna save us
Where do you expect us to go when the bombs fall?
Ah-ah
Where do you expect us to go when the bombs fall?
Where do you expect them to go when the bombs fall?
Where do you expect us to go when the bombs fall?
Superstition taking all of us for a ride
Mind's overtaken by the signs of the right
The bombs are falling overhead with no sight
While you are talking all detached
Detached, detached, detached, detached
Going down
In a spiral to the ground
No one
No one's gonna save us now (not even God)
No one saved us
No one saved us
No one saved us
No one's gonna save us now
Where do you expect us to go when the bombs fall?
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Hey haiduc and to the rest of the people, the correct lyrics are these:
Superstition taking all of us for a ride Mimes overtaken by the signs of the Right The bombs are falling overhead with no sight While you are talking all detached, so tell us
Where you going To the bottom Do you hear us We are rotting
We're going down in a spiral to the ground No one, no one's gonna save us now
Ceremonies have killed religions for they provide The masked comforts to delusionals, they're all in fright The true believer's head was bathed in sunlight While you are walking all detached, so tell us
Where you going To the bottom Do you hear us We are rotting
We're going down in a spiral to the ground No one, no one's gonna save us now Not even God, no one saved us No one's gonna save us
Where do you expect us to go when the bombs fall? Where do you expect us to go when the bombs fall? Where do you expect them to go when the bombs fall? Where do you expect us to go when the bombs fall?
Superstition taking all of us for a ride Mimes overtaken by the signs of the Right The bombs are falling overhead with no sight While you are talking all detached, detached, detached, detached, detached
Going down, in a spiral to the ground No one, no one's gonna save us now Not even God, no one saved us, no one saved us No one saved us, no one's gonna save us now
Where do you expect us to go when the bombs fall?
As to the meaining of this song i still can't exactly say except that it sounds like we are doomed to being killed by bombs. One reason is that it say's" Where do you expect us to go WHEN the bombs fall" and " no one's gonna save us nowNot EVEN God". I like how It says "were going down in a spiral to the ground" because that what you would see looking down on a missile heading to the ground. It's only a matter of time before it hits the ground and explodes!