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.
We meet inside the café
The air is thick like hospital
Choked by the gold on your finger
We were lovers
Bury the thoughts that resurface
Those hands were mine
And now our love has been forgotten
Like it was never there
We're just sitting here like strangers
You gave me yourself for just a little while
But it was you, it was really you
Staring into my coffee
It is not black just a shade of brown
Too scared to let our eyes meet
What will we see?
And now our love has been forgotten
Like it was never there
We're just sitting here like strangers
You gave me yourself for just a little while
But it was you, it was really you
And now our love has been forgotten
Like it was never there
We're just sitting here like strangers
You gave me yourself for just a little while
But it was you, it was really you
The space between us
Will not be beat
Oceans and past lives
We were lovers
The air is thick like hospital
Choked by the gold on your finger
We were lovers
Bury the thoughts that resurface
Those hands were mine
And now our love has been forgotten
Like it was never there
We're just sitting here like strangers
You gave me yourself for just a little while
But it was you, it was really you
Staring into my coffee
It is not black just a shade of brown
Too scared to let our eyes meet
What will we see?
And now our love has been forgotten
Like it was never there
We're just sitting here like strangers
You gave me yourself for just a little while
But it was you, it was really you
And now our love has been forgotten
Like it was never there
We're just sitting here like strangers
You gave me yourself for just a little while
But it was you, it was really you
The space between us
Will not be beat
Oceans and past lives
We were lovers
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This should have been on one of the albums - fantasic.
My take on it is that they were going out and never really got to know each other, they could have had a good relationship but were to scared to really do things with each other and talk.
Kinda like going out with girls (or boys..) in primary school, knowing you like each other but you just are to scared to do anything.
"Now our love has been forgotten" Meaning our love has just gone down... never remembered and could have been something if they had "balls".
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