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.
Like a cold day in August
I was not prepared for this
You think that nobody noticed
The way that you still care about it
With all the people we need to love and hate,
Everybody makes the same mistakes
Divided by these walls,
Together we are lost
We are the same blood
All of us. we are. we are
While half of us are lost
The other half forgot
We are the same blood
We are the same blood
We are the same
You remind me of August
The way that I still care about
All the things that you promised
When I was still around
Pick you up and drive you down
We are the same blood
All of us. we are. we are
While half of us are lost
The other half forgot
We are the same blood
We are the same blood
We are the same blood
We are the same
Oh, oh, oh, oh
We are the same blood
All of us. we are. we are.
We are the same blood
All of us. we are. we are.
We are the same blood
While half of us are lost
(Yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah)
The other half forgot
We are the same blood [Repeat: x4]
Hey hey hey
I was not prepared for this
You think that nobody noticed
The way that you still care about it
With all the people we need to love and hate,
Everybody makes the same mistakes
Divided by these walls,
Together we are lost
We are the same blood
All of us. we are. we are
While half of us are lost
The other half forgot
We are the same blood
We are the same blood
We are the same
You remind me of August
The way that I still care about
All the things that you promised
When I was still around
Pick you up and drive you down
We are the same blood
All of us. we are. we are
While half of us are lost
The other half forgot
We are the same blood
We are the same blood
We are the same blood
We are the same
Oh, oh, oh, oh
We are the same blood
All of us. we are. we are.
We are the same blood
All of us. we are. we are.
We are the same blood
While half of us are lost
(Yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah)
The other half forgot
We are the same blood [Repeat: x4]
Hey hey hey
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"you remind me of august"... frikkin awesome
each time i hear it.. i keep thinking he is saying.. "like a coffee in august"?
LOL
anyone else hearing that?
Nah, I hear "cold day". But when I hear that line, I think global Warming
Nah, i hear "cold day" too. hahaha i love this song. but i'm not sure what this song is about...:S. anyone have a clue?
one of their greatest new songs. i think it's about someone he loves/likes but for some reason everything he expected to have in their relationship isn't there, but he still wants it to happen.
in my opinion, i don't think it's a relationship song at all.
i think it's just a general we-are-all-people, we should love each other stuff like that.
like this line: "while half of us were lost the other half forgot"
'half of us' are lost in our pain or sadness or whatever else is a big part of our life. 'the other half' forgot that we are all the same and should treat each other well.
and this: "everybody makes the same mistakes divided by these walls together we are lost"
just general 'we're all in this together' kind of statements.
hahaha kind of cheesy the way i describe it but that's just what i think.
Like a cold day in August I was not prepared for this
...i think it's something about fall. you know how the temperatures drop when fall comes, and it gets cool? but august is a bit early for fall..then that explains the " i was not prepared for this" .. maybe it got a sudden chill, and he wasn't aware, and wasn't ready
im not good at these, so im not gunna do the rest of the song. srry =\
the search for a meaning to life? "While half of us were lost The others all forgot"
it is for sure you remind me of august. it says so in the booklet that came with the cd.
disregard my last comment..haha sorry i misunderstood