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.
Let's not forget, let's not forget what happened in the past
You were right, you were wrong, yeah, but everything was fast
So when we build this ship remember to make it last
Increase the time it takes to paint and build the mast
let's save this game for never
Or you know this could be chess forever
I?ll take your piece, then you'll take mine
Stalemate and we've just wasted time
Yeah, the past?s the route of the growing that happens now
So let's remember not to turn on straight to a row
We can see through the haze of misty glaze
So now let's travel positively forward through the maze
let's save this game for never
Or you know this could be chess forever
I?ll take your piece, then you'll take mine
Stalemate and we've just wasted time
We?ll swim through the fields of hay
you're the catalyst that makes things faster
Amylase will dry up the plaster
You were right, you were wrong, yeah, but everything was fast
So when we build this ship remember to make it last
Increase the time it takes to paint and build the mast
let's save this game for never
Or you know this could be chess forever
I?ll take your piece, then you'll take mine
Stalemate and we've just wasted time
Yeah, the past?s the route of the growing that happens now
So let's remember not to turn on straight to a row
We can see through the haze of misty glaze
So now let's travel positively forward through the maze
let's save this game for never
Or you know this could be chess forever
I?ll take your piece, then you'll take mine
Stalemate and we've just wasted time
We?ll swim through the fields of hay
you're the catalyst that makes things faster
Amylase will dry up the plaster
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YOU'RE THE CATALYST THAT MAKES CHEMICAL REACTIONS FASTER. AMYLASE WILL BREAK DOWN THE STARRRCHHH.
this song actually saved my life in my biology exam. (Y)
beautiful song. No its not talking about amylase from biology :P
beautiful song. No its not talking about amylase from biology :P
ha ha ha, I'm so taking this song into my biology class. we did an experiment with amylase the other day...
Amylase breaks down carbs to produce glucose. (Sugar)
I think :S
YOU'RE THE CATALYST THAT MAKES THINGS FASTER.
we need something to make us move on? maybe..
ok this is a long shot, But given the first few versus of this song, could this song be about how getting involved in a new relationship can help mend the damage the past has caused you. Ok amalyse is an enzyme that helps breaks food down, and if I'm not wrong it's secreted in our mouths to start the food breakdown process. So maybe amalyse (which is an actual catalyst (i think in the breakdown process) be used concurrently with the person he has the new relationship with (so the one he is calling the catalyst (that makes things faster) in the lyrcis) so that by kissing (exchanging amalyse) and being in love etc enables him to move on and get on with life and move on from the past (as he says amalzye will dry out the plaster/(or the reminants of the past). maybe, maybe not
If that were the case, the song should be called peptic acid as in reflux which is like a rebound from all the crap you couldn't digest and is like a rebound to "get over" someone else. In other words, people who find the "rebounds" are much more prone to heartburn than those who digest it all, absorb the nutrient and then crap it out. I think it has more to do with the painstaking approch of digestion that begins the moment you not only put a morsel into your mouth, but smell it...the juices begin to flow and is the ignition of digestion beginning with ingestion (that sounds highly perverted, but unless you giggled at such things in school, you can understand)...Anywho, what seemingly takes a long time from beginning to end (gross) amylase is the catalyst that initiates the process. <br /> <br /> Instead of checkmate, she say's stalemate and then talks about a game that never seems to end signifying the relationship has grown stale. This could also just be a symbol for life and no other person in particular, but when you find yourself complacent in a never ending complacentcy. Instead of forever, she mentions never and just wants to end the game already. However, both resigning themselves to the same constipated nature of the relationship, it could go on in that state forever much like a chess game. "I'll take your peice, you take mine" could also sound perverted, but I think it more alludes to what they take from each other which slowly drains them where they have nothing left to gain or give. <br /> <br /> Amylase is supposed to represent the one and only thing that could speed up the process of a deteriorating relationship or marriage, but the problem is it is really ineffective and is only one small step in the chain of shit.
maybe he wants to get moving with a new relationship; he knows what he's got to do to get over his last relationship, but he wants to be certain his new candidate will cut to the chase and get into a serious relationship rather than flirting and messing around:
"Let's save this GAME for never" and "Stalemate and weve just wasted time"
Perhaps.
this is cajun dance party's best known song i think. and i love it. my view is that it's about a dead end relationship.
"Lets save this game for never, Or you know this could be chess forever, Ill take your piece, Then youll take mine, Stalemate and weve just wasted time."
that says to me that they're arguing for no reason, and that they need something to kick start their relationship and get it back on track.
amazing live. new stuff out soon maybe? hopefully (: