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.
Driving down the road I hear the radio
And your muffled screams through the backseat
I just made your shoes but they need to be
Cleaned for meet-and-greet
So classic, so smooth
As you sedated me
I slipped a little something into your drink
A potion, more like a poision
I tell you as you drive on
Brake lights shine through black
They reveal the burial plot
One last kiss before your final send-off
You take my final breaths
Thrust them into the ocean
Cement shoes, I shall become one with death
The air bubbles start to surface
A sensation of satisfaction sweeps over my entire body
Content with the done deal
The taste of this victory is almost to much for me
Don't you forget I killed you
With my death that I home-brewed
As I sink down I remember what the sea king said
"You die here"
The chemicals begin to mix
Vision begins to blur
I fall to my knees
I am my own victim
I was meant this way, either way
You tapped my phones, I made the setup
It was meant to be neptune's plan
No fate involved
And your muffled screams through the backseat
I just made your shoes but they need to be
Cleaned for meet-and-greet
So classic, so smooth
As you sedated me
I slipped a little something into your drink
A potion, more like a poision
I tell you as you drive on
Brake lights shine through black
They reveal the burial plot
One last kiss before your final send-off
You take my final breaths
Thrust them into the ocean
Cement shoes, I shall become one with death
The air bubbles start to surface
A sensation of satisfaction sweeps over my entire body
Content with the done deal
The taste of this victory is almost to much for me
Don't you forget I killed you
With my death that I home-brewed
As I sink down I remember what the sea king said
"You die here"
The chemicals begin to mix
Vision begins to blur
I fall to my knees
I am my own victim
I was meant this way, either way
You tapped my phones, I made the setup
It was meant to be neptune's plan
No fate involved
Lyrics submitted by Mike Helsinker
Shoeshine for Neptune Lyrics as written by Cameron Clayton Reed Remi James Rodberg
Lyrics © Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
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i think it's about two lovers who conspire to kill eachother. he has her tied up and throws her into the ocean with cement shoes and she poisons his drink. kind of a hamlet- like story.
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he tricks his girlfriend into going on a "normal" ride with him, when he kills her and he is so happy in a sick way of mocking himself, he drowns himself aswell. "it was meant to be neptunes plan" he thinks that he was supposd to die too..
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