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 can't stand for nothing
Oceans break your fall
Their teeth are sharpened
I can't stand for nothing
Oceans break your fall
Their teeth are sharpened
I can't stand for nothing
Oceans break your fall
Their teeth are sharpened
I can't stand for nothing
Oceans break your fall
Their teeth are sharpened
Pastel outlines, scattered across blank faces
Next to an ocean of paint where sandbars were chiseled with the allegories of a concubines kiss
And what about the telegrams that police rigged
Trying to pull the fingerprints off of the mid-ocean ridge
I can't stand for nothing
Oceans break your fall
Their teeth are sharpened
I can't stand for nothing
Oceans break your fall
Their teeth are sharpened
I can't stand for nothing
Oceans break your fall
Their teeth are sharpened
I can't stand for nothing
Oceans break your fall
Their teeth are sharpened
We spent those nights taming the vagrant meteorites under the eyes of three panes of glass
Searching for the new sound
Hands in our pockets heads to the ground
The pose and the camera black and white
Just right, just right
Why can't we stand for no
I can't stand for nothing
Why can't we stand for
I can't stand for nothing
Oceans break your fall
Their teeth are sharpened
I can't stand for nothing
Oceans break your fall
Their teeth are sharpened
Oceans break your fall
Their teeth are sharpened
I can't stand for nothing
Oceans break your fall
Their teeth are sharpened
I can't stand for nothing
Oceans break your fall
Their teeth are sharpened
I can't stand for nothing
Oceans break your fall
Their teeth are sharpened
Pastel outlines, scattered across blank faces
Next to an ocean of paint where sandbars were chiseled with the allegories of a concubines kiss
And what about the telegrams that police rigged
Trying to pull the fingerprints off of the mid-ocean ridge
I can't stand for nothing
Oceans break your fall
Their teeth are sharpened
I can't stand for nothing
Oceans break your fall
Their teeth are sharpened
I can't stand for nothing
Oceans break your fall
Their teeth are sharpened
I can't stand for nothing
Oceans break your fall
Their teeth are sharpened
We spent those nights taming the vagrant meteorites under the eyes of three panes of glass
Searching for the new sound
Hands in our pockets heads to the ground
The pose and the camera black and white
Just right, just right
Why can't we stand for no
I can't stand for nothing
Why can't we stand for
I can't stand for nothing
Oceans break your fall
Their teeth are sharpened
I can't stand for nothing
Oceans break your fall
Their teeth are sharpened
Lyrics submitted by vossler
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