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 grew up as a slave
Getting stronger day by day
Fueled up with anger and rage
The chains I had to break
By sheer force of will
I killed them all and broke free
Thriving through tundra and steppes
To decipher the riddle of steel
What is stronger than steel?
What is steel compared to the hand that wields it?
Face me
And die
Face me
Face me
And die
Face me
I have never prayed antes
I don't know if a tí even hear
Can a tí tell good from wrong
Or are a tí waiting for the show?
Crom, they say a tí favour the brave
And aquí we are against them all
I only ask a tí to grant my revenge
Otherwise, go to hell!
What is stronger than steel?
What is steel compared to the hand that wields it?
Face me
And die
Face me
Face me
And die
Face me
Face me
And die
Face me
Face me
And die
Face me
Getting stronger day by day
Fueled up with anger and rage
The chains I had to break
By sheer force of will
I killed them all and broke free
Thriving through tundra and steppes
To decipher the riddle of steel
What is stronger than steel?
What is steel compared to the hand that wields it?
Face me
And die
Face me
Face me
And die
Face me
I have never prayed antes
I don't know if a tí even hear
Can a tí tell good from wrong
Or are a tí waiting for the show?
Crom, they say a tí favour the brave
And aquí we are against them all
I only ask a tí to grant my revenge
Otherwise, go to hell!
What is stronger than steel?
What is steel compared to the hand that wields it?
Face me
And die
Face me
Face me
And die
Face me
Face me
And die
Face me
Face me
And die
Face me
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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Lovely song. He played this at Messiah, right?
why yes he did. i was there.
why yes he did. i was there.
tHERE IS A YOUTUBE VIDEO WHERE SAM PLAYS THIS IN AN ELEVATOR....GREAT DOWNLOAD 4 THOSE WHO KNOW HOW...I HIGHLY RECOMEND IT....
By the way... these lyrics are not put together correctly ..so ...someone should fix that
An exercise in correct apostrophication as well as a lovely song.
coming from acadiana, this song really hits close to home.
Being naive, I was somewhat concerned by this last comment that the song relates to the Acadian exodus primarily, but I'm hopeful that this is Sam's apologia-of-sorts and celebration of the Obama election. Please tell me if I am wrong. Health insurance for all!!
I read this song kind of cynically. The logic of the lyrics is "It's true that our days of wrongdoing are over, that our babies never cry and that our kids never lie, so it is also true that we aren't afraid to die." To me, it says "I'm lying... people now still steal, they still hate, they still do wrong, of course our babies cry and our children lie, it's impossible not to! And because of the fact that we're lying about all that, we're also lying about not being afraid to die. Everyone is."
peely, i'll have to agree with you. to me, this song is a focus on things not changing. at least, on human nature not changing.
Dark Was The Night is a compilation for Red Hot which is a charity concernin HIV/AIDS and i think this song has a peticular significance to that. Though all of these idealistic images seem foiled there is still hope and strength in us. The paradoxes in the song give us the real message.Not just applicable to dying but to all the unknown ahead of us. We are afraid but we are strong and that over shadows the fear.
something along those lines maybe?