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.
Guide
A truth
Prevail and ride
Into the black hole
Searching for crystal
Making the veins bleed
The source of consciousness
Alive
Crystalline resonance
Into the black hole
Searching for crystal
Making the veins bleed
A deep breath before the plunge
One million voices
Dispelling
A thousand faces
Disarming
Running through the darkness
Holding hearts in my eyes
Falling short of gauntlet
Covered in bloodsucking flies
The touch is cold
I tore a path screaming through wind and blood
I will it all
Burning deep
In my skull
A truth
Prevail and ride
Into the black hole
Searching for crystal
Making the veins bleed
The source of consciousness
Alive
Crystalline resonance
Into the black hole
Searching for crystal
Making the veins bleed
A deep breath before the plunge
One million voices
Dispelling
A thousand faces
Disarming
Running through the darkness
Holding hearts in my eyes
Falling short of gauntlet
Covered in bloodsucking flies
The touch is cold
I tore a path screaming through wind and blood
I will it all
Burning deep
In my skull
Lyrics submitted by serge fabrizio
Crystal Skull Lyrics as written by Troy Jayson Sanders Brent Hinds
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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why do people sit here and have scrannies over the fact that they hear something different in the song, SO WHAT! The lyrics are in the booklet, right there for you to look at, just cos you hear something else, doesn't mean that's what they're saying.
I'm actually gonna use this website properly and suggest what i think the song means, possibly about the start of the journey up the mountain, or else to actually find the crystal skull first, like he has to find it, THEN set off up the mountain.