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.
Midnight bottle, take me
Come through my memories and everything will come back to me
Midnight bottle, make it real
What feels like make-believe so I can see a little more clearly
Like every single move you make, kissing me so carefully
On the corners of my dreaming eyes
I've got a midnight bottle, gonna drink it down
A one way ticket takes me to the times we had before
When everything felt so right
If only for tonight
A midnight bottle gonna ease my pain
From all these feelings driving me insane
I think of you and every thing's all right
If only for tonight
Got a midnight bottle drifting off into the candlelight
Where I can find you any old time
Oh midnight bottle
I forgot how good it felt to be in a dream just like you had me
'Cause lately I've been stumbling, feels like I'm recovering
But I think it's only for tonight
I've got a midnight bottle, gonna drink it down
A one way ticket takes me to the times we had before
When everything felt so right
If only for tonight
A midnight bottle gonna ease my pain
From all these feelings driving me insane
I think of you and every thing's all right
If only for tonight
If only for tonight
Oh, if only for tonight
If only for tonight
I've got a midnight bottle, gonna drink it down
A one way ticket takes me to the times we had before
When everything felt so right
If only for tonight
A midnight bottle gonna ease my pain
From all these feelings driving me insane
I think of you and every thing's all right
If only for tonight, yeah
Midnight bottle, take the time away from where we are
Come through my memories and everything will come back to me
Midnight bottle, make it real
What feels like make-believe so I can see a little more clearly
Like every single move you make, kissing me so carefully
On the corners of my dreaming eyes
I've got a midnight bottle, gonna drink it down
A one way ticket takes me to the times we had before
When everything felt so right
If only for tonight
A midnight bottle gonna ease my pain
From all these feelings driving me insane
I think of you and every thing's all right
If only for tonight
Got a midnight bottle drifting off into the candlelight
Where I can find you any old time
Oh midnight bottle
I forgot how good it felt to be in a dream just like you had me
'Cause lately I've been stumbling, feels like I'm recovering
But I think it's only for tonight
I've got a midnight bottle, gonna drink it down
A one way ticket takes me to the times we had before
When everything felt so right
If only for tonight
A midnight bottle gonna ease my pain
From all these feelings driving me insane
I think of you and every thing's all right
If only for tonight
If only for tonight
Oh, if only for tonight
If only for tonight
I've got a midnight bottle, gonna drink it down
A one way ticket takes me to the times we had before
When everything felt so right
If only for tonight
A midnight bottle gonna ease my pain
From all these feelings driving me insane
I think of you and every thing's all right
If only for tonight, yeah
Midnight bottle, take the time away from where we are
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Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
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story of my life.
I love this song. It's really powerful. I can understand what she's saying. And I miss this so much.
i think this could be about two things. first thing it could be about a mother with her child feeding her at night, just enjoying the time she has to be with her baby..maybe in a relationship where its joint custody.. if not then id say she likes to drink a lot
are you kidding me? a mother with her child? that's just stupid. it's about drowning your sorrows with alcohol.
i think she either is going through a lot of stuff with her boyfriend or they have broken up and no w all the memories are coming back to her about the good times she had with him so shes drinking her pain away
what is midnight bottle?
Midnight Bottle is referring to a bottle of alcohol.
Nighttime is the hardest when dealing with a breakup or even thinking on a past relationship. What she's doing is drinking--I'm picturing a bottle of a bitter red wine--and reminiscing... taking herself back to a time when the relationship was good. The alcohol takes away her pain, but as she says, it's only for tonight.
Oh, wow. Colbie has created such a touching, beautiful, and catchy song while identifying with so many other people's emotions. I can completely relate to this and I'm glad someone finally wrote a good song about this. My Colbie Caillat favourite.
what a great song.