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.
We Saw Another Sun In The Sky Take Flight
And When The Things We Had Done Were Realized
It Was The Weight Of It All That Burned My Mind
And Amplified My Own Decline
Follow The Chains Of Command That Detonate
To The Shadows On Sidewalks That Resonate
It Was A Moment In Time A Flaw In Space
A Thousand Goodbyes Waving On The Inside
That Must Be It But It Didn't Fit
The Time I'm Spending Is Counterfeit
I'm Dialed In
To Where I've Been
But I Won't Admit
I'm Lost Again
The Flash Of Light
That Held You Tight
Fell Down The Sky
And Shook Nearby
I Guess I Never Thought That It Was Strange
An Outline Of A Lifetime That Can't Be Traced
It Was A Moment Your Mind Will Always Chase
A Thousand Goodbyes Waving On The Inside
As The Killer Wave
Went On Parade
I Tried To Imagine
The Lives I'd Saved
That Must Be It
But It Didn't Fit
The Time I'm Spending
Is Counterfeit
And When The Things We Had Done Were Realized
It Was The Weight Of It All That Burned My Mind
And Amplified My Own Decline
Follow The Chains Of Command That Detonate
To The Shadows On Sidewalks That Resonate
It Was A Moment In Time A Flaw In Space
A Thousand Goodbyes Waving On The Inside
That Must Be It But It Didn't Fit
The Time I'm Spending Is Counterfeit
I'm Dialed In
To Where I've Been
But I Won't Admit
I'm Lost Again
The Flash Of Light
That Held You Tight
Fell Down The Sky
And Shook Nearby
I Guess I Never Thought That It Was Strange
An Outline Of A Lifetime That Can't Be Traced
It Was A Moment Your Mind Will Always Chase
A Thousand Goodbyes Waving On The Inside
As The Killer Wave
Went On Parade
I Tried To Imagine
The Lives I'd Saved
That Must Be It
But It Didn't Fit
The Time I'm Spending
Is Counterfeit
Lyrics submitted by Sevy_366
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