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.
Somewhere between an excuse and a lie
You found something that you believe
So proud, I guess I can imagine why...
Three cheers for what we used to be
Pathetic
Wasted
Souless
Compromised
Sleep-walking the minefield
Shit talking, it crumbles around you
You come back around
Somewhere between illusion and denial
You drown in your own sympathy
Profound it leaves you, thought so at the time
How come, so you used to be
Pathetic
Wasted
Souless
Compromised
Pathetic
Wasted
Souless
Compromised
Sleep-walking the minefield
Shit talking, it crumbles around you
You come back around
You come back around
Sleep-walking the minefield
Shit talking, it crumbles around you
You come back around
Pathetic
Wasted
Souless
Compromised (x8)
You found something that you believe
So proud, I guess I can imagine why...
Three cheers for what we used to be
Pathetic
Wasted
Souless
Compromised
Sleep-walking the minefield
Shit talking, it crumbles around you
You come back around
Somewhere between illusion and denial
You drown in your own sympathy
Profound it leaves you, thought so at the time
How come, so you used to be
Pathetic
Wasted
Souless
Compromised
Pathetic
Wasted
Souless
Compromised
Sleep-walking the minefield
Shit talking, it crumbles around you
You come back around
You come back around
Sleep-walking the minefield
Shit talking, it crumbles around you
You come back around
Pathetic
Wasted
Souless
Compromised (x8)
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its about alcoholism...or atleast thats what i read on lamb-of-god.com...
@burnthepriest17 can see the links ... "denial" "wasted"
it very well could, if you have seen the killidelphea DVD, you will see that, Randy aint far from your average lush, gotta love the guy
the lyrics are wrong on "she put me in the minefield" it should say " Sleep-walking the minefield ",
oh yeah and dude not every song randy writes about has to do with alchoholism. not saying that this song doesnt have to do with alcoholism but you said descending was about alcoholism too.
haha guess i was wrong this song is about alcoholism , my bad lol.
it is about alcoholism, but there is something beyond.. and fuck yes you have to love Randy. I fucking love him to pieces
"How come so? you used to be" is wrong. It says "A Ghost of who you used to be". and of all the talk of redneck sounding pantera-influenced, the riff during the Pathetic Wasted SOULESS COMPROMISED part sounds way more like pantera than any part of redneck.
at lamb of god last night randy said "i hate posers. posers are PATHETIC!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Somewhere between illusion and denial You drown in your own sympathy Profound, at least you thought so at the time a ghost of who you used to be..."
I'm sure that's it...
Also, it's "keep talking, it crumbles around you."
no its shit talking
yea this song is alabout a person he used to hang ot with and they used to get drunk together and the person found god and hes pissed at them