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.
It's amazing
How far apart we are upon beind so close
I can feel your breath upon my cheeks
It's only a matter of seconds if two magnets floated in the air
Would they meet together and attach?
Or merely transform back onto the fridge, which where they once lived?
It's amazing now, for some reason how I am lacking
A motor for my chamber heart interior
At each pump circulates through my circulatory system
Finally reaching the cheeks, on my face, where you breathe, affecting my brain
And carving a symbol of luck, in a place up north
I type this now
With a meaning for when
When will the times be, when will the times be better again?
I've done my distemper for reasons I know not
I could blame my vivid step for circles I have gone
You left me down, down upon my hands, Those which once held yours
Here come the power chords
I'll take it and leave and let out a noise
Loud enough so you can barely hear and know what you did
Are you interested in the grey quest for anything that is worth it?
Do you need to jog or could you find it in short answer form?
Maybe you could, if you put down that damn crossword puzzle
Forming words, out of nothing, and mixing them with others, not everything false
Finding something across or down, and on an even form
Maybe I'm just angry at the breath you merge with mine
You know it involves the morning after, where two are fucked in the morning
Or the night of the prom
I'm anxious to know that I'm alive
Not enough shit, it involves everything we ever did
When we picked out the screaming or musical recognition, or the stereotypical
In a shopping center, he's waking up for the first time
With you becoming me, and me becoming you
To feel like we were ours, when your breath merged with mine
How far apart we are upon beind so close
I can feel your breath upon my cheeks
It's only a matter of seconds if two magnets floated in the air
Would they meet together and attach?
Or merely transform back onto the fridge, which where they once lived?
It's amazing now, for some reason how I am lacking
A motor for my chamber heart interior
At each pump circulates through my circulatory system
Finally reaching the cheeks, on my face, where you breathe, affecting my brain
And carving a symbol of luck, in a place up north
I type this now
With a meaning for when
When will the times be, when will the times be better again?
I've done my distemper for reasons I know not
I could blame my vivid step for circles I have gone
You left me down, down upon my hands, Those which once held yours
Here come the power chords
I'll take it and leave and let out a noise
Loud enough so you can barely hear and know what you did
Are you interested in the grey quest for anything that is worth it?
Do you need to jog or could you find it in short answer form?
Maybe you could, if you put down that damn crossword puzzle
Forming words, out of nothing, and mixing them with others, not everything false
Finding something across or down, and on an even form
Maybe I'm just angry at the breath you merge with mine
You know it involves the morning after, where two are fucked in the morning
Or the night of the prom
I'm anxious to know that I'm alive
Not enough shit, it involves everything we ever did
When we picked out the screaming or musical recognition, or the stereotypical
In a shopping center, he's waking up for the first time
With you becoming me, and me becoming you
To feel like we were ours, when your breath merged with mine
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