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.
If I lost it all in a fireball
Would you be there for me?
If the money's gone and the future falls
Would you walk away?
'Cause my confidence is vanishing
Will you leave me starving here
To wither down and disappear
As you walk away?
Then just let me go, let me live
Just leave me alone
Buried here next to love on my own
I'll never trust, never feel, never love again
With this bitter taste in mind
They always say true love is all you need
But when true love is gone can we go on?
They say true love would never leave
But my true love is gone and I can't go on
I'm in the catacombs of a broken heart
Where you used to be when I loved you for
All the reasons that you hated yourself
'Cause you were desperate and pathetic
But just as beautiful to me as the day you left
And I became just a memory
Let me go, let me live
Just leave me to lay buried here next to love on my own
I'll never trust, never feel, never love again
With just this bitter taste in mind
They always say true love is all you need
But when true love is gone can we go on? They say true love would never leave
But my true love is gone and I can't go on
Now it's two am and I'm picturing the way things used to be
But all I see is you looking at him like you used to look at me
They always say true love is all you need
But when true love is gone can we go on?
They say true love would never leave
But my true love is gone and I can't go on
I can't go on
Would you be there for me?
If the money's gone and the future falls
Would you walk away?
'Cause my confidence is vanishing
Will you leave me starving here
To wither down and disappear
As you walk away?
Then just let me go, let me live
Just leave me alone
Buried here next to love on my own
I'll never trust, never feel, never love again
With this bitter taste in mind
They always say true love is all you need
But when true love is gone can we go on?
They say true love would never leave
But my true love is gone and I can't go on
I'm in the catacombs of a broken heart
Where you used to be when I loved you for
All the reasons that you hated yourself
'Cause you were desperate and pathetic
But just as beautiful to me as the day you left
And I became just a memory
Let me go, let me live
Just leave me to lay buried here next to love on my own
I'll never trust, never feel, never love again
With just this bitter taste in mind
They always say true love is all you need
But when true love is gone can we go on? They say true love would never leave
But my true love is gone and I can't go on
Now it's two am and I'm picturing the way things used to be
But all I see is you looking at him like you used to look at me
They always say true love is all you need
But when true love is gone can we go on?
They say true love would never leave
But my true love is gone and I can't go on
I can't go on
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I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
this song is amazing...simply about him losing his true love when he never thought itd happen. and now hes pissed and not wantin to go on... madina lake is badass...better in concert to
Kinda obvious.
Adalia breaks up with him. The end. Kinda connects with "One Last Kiss" if you ask me,
who ever put that they are similiar to fall out boy is a freakin dumbass
awatts5 is right. :)
So the song. Well, at first its basically saying that the main character is wondering if him and his lover's love will go on through the thick and the bad.
'If the money's gone and the future falls Would you walk away?'
The answer, it seems, is yes. So their love is dead and the main character wants to go (die) with it. So he whines about if he can survive when the love ius dead and then he thinks about before their love.
So, before they went out the main character's lover was heart broken and now he realizes he is in the same place: (I'm in the catacombs of a broken heart- Where you used to be.) When 'she' was in these 'catacombs' he loved her and he still does. (Cause you were desperate and pathetic But just as beautiful to me as the day you left And I became just a memory.)
So, now we know that his lover left him for somebody else: (But all I see is you looking at him like you used to look at me)
So it sux for him.
Again, about losing the one you love and they seem to find moving on easier than you do. he sees her, looking at him like she used to look at him, and the feeling he felt/feels are there... haunting him Quite sad really :(
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I love that bassline, its such an amazing opening riff...
We can all relate to thsi song? The way an ex has jst left you for someone else because they 'got bored'....
This song is about true love, believing that you'll be with someone forever...but then they move on and it's not so easy to carry on from that point...We all relate, for sure.
you can really feel the bitter feeling of betrayal,anger and hurt in this song.. its amazing