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, havin' been by that old bank tower
I'm inclined to wonder why you feel so strong?
You can't have really seen the hour
If you think she's trying to do you wrong
I see you got that lump in your throat
I hear you mumblin', that's all she wrote
Love is in the next room drinkin' antidote
You ought to know that girl by now
She'll never settle down anyhow
You let your heart go too fast
You let your heart go too fast
Broken glass turns back to flint and sand
I only cease to love as love demands
As you know it takes a while to clap those
Fragments from your idle hands
Couple months could dry a sea of tears
Leave only salt beneath our dried up piers
We won't believe we cared, I swear, in a couple years
You ought to know that girl by now
She'll never settle down anyhow
You let your heart go too fast
You let your heart go too fast
If time heals all wounds, don't you know that
Time also deals them?
The days go by, and now everybody feels them
We struggle with our fates but our action only seals them
They say that murder ain't the fault of the weapon
I'm smokin' sad to be the gun
I want to blow you all away but I don't want to put
No bullets into anyone
I see the feathers that infringe your heart
I see the blood ooze from around the dart
Cupid spites the sense that keeps two
Mismatched souls apart
You ought to know that girl by now
She'll never settle down anyhow
You let your heart go too fast
You let your heart go too fast
You ought to know that girl by now
She'll never settle down anyhow
You let your heart go too fast
You let your heart go too fast
You let your heart go too fast
You let your heart go too fast
You let your heart go too fast
You let your heart go too fast
I'm inclined to wonder why you feel so strong?
You can't have really seen the hour
If you think she's trying to do you wrong
I see you got that lump in your throat
I hear you mumblin', that's all she wrote
Love is in the next room drinkin' antidote
You ought to know that girl by now
She'll never settle down anyhow
You let your heart go too fast
You let your heart go too fast
Broken glass turns back to flint and sand
I only cease to love as love demands
As you know it takes a while to clap those
Fragments from your idle hands
Couple months could dry a sea of tears
Leave only salt beneath our dried up piers
We won't believe we cared, I swear, in a couple years
You ought to know that girl by now
She'll never settle down anyhow
You let your heart go too fast
You let your heart go too fast
If time heals all wounds, don't you know that
Time also deals them?
The days go by, and now everybody feels them
We struggle with our fates but our action only seals them
They say that murder ain't the fault of the weapon
I'm smokin' sad to be the gun
I want to blow you all away but I don't want to put
No bullets into anyone
I see the feathers that infringe your heart
I see the blood ooze from around the dart
Cupid spites the sense that keeps two
Mismatched souls apart
You ought to know that girl by now
She'll never settle down anyhow
You let your heart go too fast
You let your heart go too fast
You ought to know that girl by now
She'll never settle down anyhow
You let your heart go too fast
You let your heart go too fast
You let your heart go too fast
You let your heart go too fast
You let your heart go too fast
You let your heart go too fast
Lyrics submitted by Doctor_Of_Spin
You Let Your Heart Go Too Fast Lyrics as written by Gross Comess
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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