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.
I called you sinner's
I was wrong
Inaccurate intention
Should have said you're sorry
Might have reduced the conflict
But tough, admit it's said
God's creation
To put your blame on
God's creation
To turn away from
Appreciate those hands you're given
Before you really need to beg for them
Try to understand my incantation
Out of breath, your fingers shiver
Apocalyptically divided
Mentally disturbed they call me
Respect instead of affection
Disclaim that I am one of you
Can I fall down from the stars
Can I rise up from hell
Absurd - Your protest avoids the consequences
How can you cheat yourself ?
Ridiculous - to see you smile
Knowing you'd prefer to cry !
I was wrong
Inaccurate intention
Should have said you're sorry
Might have reduced the conflict
But tough, admit it's said
God's creation
To put your blame on
God's creation
To turn away from
Appreciate those hands you're given
Before you really need to beg for them
Try to understand my incantation
Out of breath, your fingers shiver
Apocalyptically divided
Mentally disturbed they call me
Respect instead of affection
Disclaim that I am one of you
Can I fall down from the stars
Can I rise up from hell
Absurd - Your protest avoids the consequences
How can you cheat yourself ?
Ridiculous - to see you smile
Knowing you'd prefer to cry !
Lyrics submitted by celeste_blacke
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"I called you sinners I was wrong" The song starts by provoking the horrible emotion you get when you insult or blame others for things they didn't do.
"Inaccurate intention Should have said you're sorry Might have reduced the conflict" When trying to figure out what another person is trying to say, I often tend to only consider what they mean literally, or else I get lost in a web of analogies and references and misinterpret what they're trying to mean. Sometimes people misinterpret what I say because they apply some idiom to my words that I'm not familiar with.
"God's creation To put your blame on God's creation To turn away from" The chorus means different things depending on how I feel. When I am angry, the music provide a fun rush of emotion. When I'm upset and just want to find someone else to blame, the lyrics in the chorus lets me have an excuse to blame a creator and makes me feel like a burden has been removed, lifting my spirit. When I'm happy I don't feel like I need a creator, so I want to turn away from him.
"Respect instead of affection Disclaim that I am one of you" Most of the time I just don't want to be a part of any group of people because I usually can't stand being around most people.
"Can I fall down from the stars? Can I rise up from hell?" These lines provide imagery of falling downward though the night sky and "falling" upward from fires/deepness, at the same time, which is really weird and cool. As for meaning, I see the "stars" as abstractions, fantasies, associations, make believe, etc, because, like stars, these things can be beautiful, interesting, timeless, stationary, compared to the real world, but often are of little use in doing work or solving everyday problems. The speaker wants to "fall down from the stars," meaning he wants to find his way back to reality or wake up from the daydream. And to me "hell" in this case means the burden of everyday life - work, cleaning, etc. It also gives me a mental image of fire which is like the changing, undefinable, randomness of everyday life - impossible to work with, calculate, or understand. Unlike stars, fire is temporary - gone before you know it. The speaker wants to "rise up from hell" meaning he wants to rise above hell-ish boring menial labor of only learning the technical or specific things of the world that will become obsolete and do more important things with his life, and learn concepts and values that will be true for all of time.
I like your interpretation.