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.
Yeah, well, I'm just gonna sing this track first
I've seen the darkest things
Crawling inside of me
I've seen the monsters come alive
I've seen the enemy
A nightmare that follows me
Searching the darkness for a light
Waiting for daylight to break up this room
Waiting for daylight to break
I've been alone in the dark
I've been dreaming
And waking up without you
I've been waking up without you for too long
Back in the tragedy
I've made a mess of me
My bitter means, my bitter ends, yeah
I see the irony
It gets the best of me
Dying to be made new again, again
Waiting for daylight to break up this room
Waiting for daylight to break
I've been alone in the dark
I've been dreaming of the day
When dreams are awake
The sun hits my eyes
And everything is right
I've been waking up without you
I've been waking up without you
I've been warning alarms
Till you are in my arms
I've been waking up without you
I've been waking up without you for too long
Waiting for daylight to break up the room
Waiting, waiting
I've been alone in the dark
I've been been dreaming of the day
When dreams are awake
The sun hits my eyes
And everything is right
I've been waking up without you
I've been waking up without you
I've been warning alarms
Till you were in my arms
I've been waking up without you
I've been waking up without you for too long
I've seen the darkest things
Crawling inside of me
I've seen the monsters come alive
I've seen the enemy
A nightmare that follows me
Searching the darkness for a light
Waiting for daylight to break up this room
Waiting for daylight to break
I've been alone in the dark
I've been dreaming
And waking up without you
I've been waking up without you for too long
Back in the tragedy
I've made a mess of me
My bitter means, my bitter ends, yeah
I see the irony
It gets the best of me
Dying to be made new again, again
Waiting for daylight to break up this room
Waiting for daylight to break
I've been alone in the dark
I've been dreaming of the day
When dreams are awake
The sun hits my eyes
And everything is right
I've been waking up without you
I've been waking up without you
I've been warning alarms
Till you are in my arms
I've been waking up without you
I've been waking up without you for too long
Waiting for daylight to break up the room
Waiting, waiting
I've been alone in the dark
I've been been dreaming of the day
When dreams are awake
The sun hits my eyes
And everything is right
I've been waking up without you
I've been waking up without you
I've been warning alarms
Till you were in my arms
I've been waking up without you
I've been waking up without you for too long
Lyrics submitted by eltroyo11
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