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.
Tell me do you want to lie, sometimes
Tell me do you want to smile, when i cry
Well you can tell me
I promise I will not laugh
Yeah you can tell me,
I could care less about that
And tell me did you want to die, sometimes
And tell me do you want to smile, when i cry
Well you can tell me
I promise I will not laugh
Yeah you can tell me,
I could care less about that
And I just wanna
Feel you close to me
I just wanna
Feel you feeling me
I just wanna x3
I just wanna sleep here
I just wanna
Feel you feeling me
Because tonight
Will be the last night
That you'll ever see
My pretty eyes
And you can finally sleep
Without your telephone ringing
And you can finally be
Better, better without me
And Tell me do you want to die, sometimes
And Tell me do you want to smile, when i cry
Well you can tell me
I promise I will not laugh
Yeah you can tell me
I could care less about that
And I just wanna
Feel you close to me
I just wanna
Feel you feeling me
I just wanna x3
I just wanna sleep here
I just wanna
Feel you feeling me
Because tonight
Will be the last night
That you'll ever see
My pretty eyes
And you can finally sleep
Without your telephone ringing
And you can finally be
Better, better without me
And I just wanna
Feel you close to me
I just wanna
Feel you feeling me
I just wanna x3
Because tonight (I just wanna)
Will be the last night (Feel you close to me)
That you'll ever see (I just wanna feel you)
My pretty eyes (Feeling me)
And you can finally sleep (i just wanna, i just wanna, i just wanna)
Without your telephone ringing (sleep here)
And you can finally be (i just wanna feel you)
Better, better without me (close to me)
You fell down
So get back up kid
Well I did
So call me when you get this x3
You fell down
So get back up kid
Well I did
Well I did
You fell down
So get back up kid
Well I did
So call me when you get this
[repeats to fade]
Tell me do you want to smile, when i cry
Well you can tell me
I promise I will not laugh
Yeah you can tell me,
I could care less about that
And tell me did you want to die, sometimes
And tell me do you want to smile, when i cry
Well you can tell me
I promise I will not laugh
Yeah you can tell me,
I could care less about that
And I just wanna
Feel you close to me
I just wanna
Feel you feeling me
I just wanna x3
I just wanna sleep here
I just wanna
Feel you feeling me
Because tonight
Will be the last night
That you'll ever see
My pretty eyes
And you can finally sleep
Without your telephone ringing
And you can finally be
Better, better without me
And Tell me do you want to die, sometimes
And Tell me do you want to smile, when i cry
Well you can tell me
I promise I will not laugh
Yeah you can tell me
I could care less about that
And I just wanna
Feel you close to me
I just wanna
Feel you feeling me
I just wanna x3
I just wanna sleep here
I just wanna
Feel you feeling me
Because tonight
Will be the last night
That you'll ever see
My pretty eyes
And you can finally sleep
Without your telephone ringing
And you can finally be
Better, better without me
And I just wanna
Feel you close to me
I just wanna
Feel you feeling me
I just wanna x3
Because tonight (I just wanna)
Will be the last night (Feel you close to me)
That you'll ever see (I just wanna feel you)
My pretty eyes (Feeling me)
And you can finally sleep (i just wanna, i just wanna, i just wanna)
Without your telephone ringing (sleep here)
And you can finally be (i just wanna feel you)
Better, better without me (close to me)
You fell down
So get back up kid
Well I did
So call me when you get this x3
You fell down
So get back up kid
Well I did
Well I did
You fell down
So get back up kid
Well I did
So call me when you get this
[repeats to fade]
Lyrics submitted by savannah_rae
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wow. they don't sound like complete assholes in this song.
Hahah lazuliazul. Agreed.
"And I just wanna Feel you close to me I just wanna Feel you feeling me
I just wanna x3 Sleep here "
the best part of the song is the end. the end.
This is about breaking up with a girl. You hate but love the person at the same time.
Ditto what lazuliazul said;; haha. And, I agree with xrediscover. Their best song, in my opinion =].
isn't it your pretty eyes?
No, that is a mistake. MY pretty eyes
i get the vibe that this song is about someone break up with someone but still wants them to be well. at the end of the song he is encouraging the girl to keep on going after the break up but i dont understand why he talks about his beautiful eyes if he's trying to comfort her during the break up, its sort of backwards.
my favorite song by themm
well i don't think this song is about a breakup. i think he likes this girl so as usual, guy called the girl every night just to talk and whatever. but the girl seems not very interested. then he gave up, he said "i just wanna feel yo close to me" but the girl love to see him suffer."And Tell me do you want to smile, when i cry". so basically he said, don't worry, tell me everything you hate about me because i won't here anymore anyway. in my interpretation, "my pretty eyes" is like a symbolic for the good heart he has.
rhythm-wise, i like it that if you didn't listen to the lyric you'll probably think that this is the song you can dance to or it's happy song. but it wasn't.