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.
I don't mind the lack of color that rests around her features
But I loathe the love we had when love was something easier
Lovely, are you lost in these carouseling thoughts?
Tired of never knowing where to stand?
You're always casting to the floor everything that you adore and turning west again
I do my best to ignore the shadows we've cast across the town
Oh
They're gone now
When I arrive to a mind made up, you'll come around maybe this time.
I won't care to find out
But I loathe the love we had when love was something easier
Lovely, are you lost in these carouseling thoughts?
Tired of never knowing where to stand?
You're always casting to the floor everything that you adore and turning west again
I do my best to ignore the shadows we've cast across the town
Oh
They're gone now
When I arrive to a mind made up, you'll come around maybe this time.
I won't care to find out
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Matthew Gilbert will always be my favorite vocalist/lyricist.
But Travis is good I will give him that I just find Matthew's lyrics to be deeper.
to me, the 2 new songs have a beautiful lyrics, but the meaning is something personal for each one.
i think this is about someone who always pretends to be something they're not
"always casting to the floor all the things that you adore" such as you're always dissing the things you love because you're afraid of what people might think which is further proved in the line "tired of never knowing where to stand"
this song is so stinkin' cute. :) to me, it talks about this guy being in love with this girl who just doesn't know what to do anymore & has all these different thoughts. "tired of never knowing where to stand" i think that the girl never knows what to do or say about things anymore. & finally, he's had enough of waiting for her to come around & realize what she wants. either way, i fell in love with this song. :]
This song is clearly about a relationship. "I don't mind the lack of color that rests around her features
basically he's saying the spouse is lacking interest, lacking emotion, just doesnt feel the relationship is worth having anymore and
But I loathe the love we had when love was something easier
saying he used to love when the relationship was young and happy, when everything was going great. pretty obvious song.
This song literally has me stuck in a rut. Maybe if you people knew your grammar and vocabulary, you'd see things my way. Loathe from the line, "But I loathe the love we had when love was something easier", means to detest, to hate. So as stated by jasonvwhateverthefuck, it doesn't mean that he missed the relationship when it was young, he despised it. So I don't know what to determine from this song. Learn your English people; please.
i think what it's supposed to mean by loathing the past love doesn't mean that he hated then, but he hates it now. like, hates the thought of it. and that may be because he misses it, and doesn't think it'll come back.