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.
Always fighting and disliking, completely different people just trying to share some good times
All the pros and all the cons make me see that this relationship is not the way we`d like
All the tears, all the doubts, all the stupid words we`ve said that made both of us start to cry
I always fuck it up, you always screw it up, I don`t know how but in the end it always seem
to end up right
And right is good enough for me, `cause perfect I know it won`t be
`Cause perfect wouldn`t just be real, and this is fucking real
I really feel the way I say I feel
Weird decisions made up in weird minds, and after every fight we always say we should try
one more time
Maybe it`s only about possessions, maybe I can not face the fact of seeing you with other guys
You`re my support, you mean a lot to me, I don`t know why but I always think that you don`t
feel the same
I always think that you think it`s not about feelings. Maybe just to kill time. Maybe you face it all
like a game
But I can`t do it this way, watch all my feelings fade away
I`m trying not to think of it
But maybe this is just the way it is supposed to be
Not really around you, but better than without you
`Cause maybe you still have some nice things to say
Pretend that you need me, say what I wanna listen
With all these nice lies I think I`ll never go away
All the pros and all the cons make me see that this relationship is not the way we`d like
All the tears, all the doubts, all the stupid words we`ve said that made both of us start to cry
I always fuck it up, you always screw it up, I don`t know how but in the end it always seem
to end up right
And right is good enough for me, `cause perfect I know it won`t be
`Cause perfect wouldn`t just be real, and this is fucking real
I really feel the way I say I feel
Weird decisions made up in weird minds, and after every fight we always say we should try
one more time
Maybe it`s only about possessions, maybe I can not face the fact of seeing you with other guys
You`re my support, you mean a lot to me, I don`t know why but I always think that you don`t
feel the same
I always think that you think it`s not about feelings. Maybe just to kill time. Maybe you face it all
like a game
But I can`t do it this way, watch all my feelings fade away
I`m trying not to think of it
But maybe this is just the way it is supposed to be
Not really around you, but better than without you
`Cause maybe you still have some nice things to say
Pretend that you need me, say what I wanna listen
With all these nice lies I think I`ll never go away
Lyrics submitted by gustavo_
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