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.
Too much time to get lost in the maze
Tell me isn't that strange
You bleed to get there -- You are ready
To be a bird in a golden cage
Sweat is breaking on my brow
Where's the freak to ease my pain
Room is dak and big and empty
Silence driving me insane
Night has fallen -- Demons laughing
I'm waiting for the light of day
Here's the land of milk and honey
There you got the price to pay
And I drift away -- Killing sacrifice
Here I go insane
What a price to pay -- Little sacrifice
I set off to heaven and found bedlam
There's a part of me that's not been sold
Save me please embrace me hold me
Kiss my bleeding soul
You can't see below the creature
That's pounding sitting in my neck
If you'd see inside my head
You surely wouldn't turn your back on me
I'm looking for shelter
Riding the pendulum to paradise
As I'm reaching higher -- What a pure desire
I'm swinging back towards the abyss
And I drift away -- Killing sacrifice
Here I go insane
What a price to pay -- Little sacrifice
I set off to heaven and found bedlam
Nothing remains the same
But I still hear those voices
Nothing remains the same
Where am I gonna go is it my destination
Or just a sick temptation
And I remember home when demons came
And I got swept away from me
*CHORUS MULTIPLE TIMES*
Tell me isn't that strange
You bleed to get there -- You are ready
To be a bird in a golden cage
Sweat is breaking on my brow
Where's the freak to ease my pain
Room is dak and big and empty
Silence driving me insane
Night has fallen -- Demons laughing
I'm waiting for the light of day
Here's the land of milk and honey
There you got the price to pay
And I drift away -- Killing sacrifice
Here I go insane
What a price to pay -- Little sacrifice
I set off to heaven and found bedlam
There's a part of me that's not been sold
Save me please embrace me hold me
Kiss my bleeding soul
You can't see below the creature
That's pounding sitting in my neck
If you'd see inside my head
You surely wouldn't turn your back on me
I'm looking for shelter
Riding the pendulum to paradise
As I'm reaching higher -- What a pure desire
I'm swinging back towards the abyss
And I drift away -- Killing sacrifice
Here I go insane
What a price to pay -- Little sacrifice
I set off to heaven and found bedlam
Nothing remains the same
But I still hear those voices
Nothing remains the same
Where am I gonna go is it my destination
Or just a sick temptation
And I remember home when demons came
And I got swept away from me
*CHORUS MULTIPLE TIMES*
Lyrics submitted by Toadonpa
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This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
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