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.
In every story, every secret told
You are not the first to wake up
To learn your lines before you have the part
You woke up early and you walk up torn
You the temporary boarder
The heat wave humming in the house of cards
You spun chapter into rapture there
Yeah you were as brave as traffic
You chased the spotlight into her arms
And you forgot that you could file the knot
That you were still the person sleeping
The heat wave humming in the house of cards
A play for the girl
a cross for a hook
Sinking into the green sea wonder
Under the sea
walking the floor
Over the waves the wheeling thunder
Something's unguided in the sky
Tonight
There is something unguided in the sky
You wrote yourself into a corner, safe
Easy to defend your borders
A fallen saint into a whispered time
Killing time because I have to, why?
Because it isn't mine, remember?
Killing time because it wasn't mine
You're earning your stripes
You're counting the stars
You're winding your barely working watch
You're lucky to be
On a land like you are
Lucky you've already become
There's something unguided in the sky
Tonight
There is something unguided in the sky
And why wait
For the weakened state
To lie next
To the weaker sex?
And why wait
For the weakened state
To lie next
To the weaker sex?
You're earning your stripes
You're counting the stars
You're winding your barely working watch
You're lucky to be
On a land like you are
Lucky you've already become
There's something unguided in the sky
Tonight
There is something unguided in the sky
There's something unguided in the sky
Tonight
There is something unguided in the sky
You are not the first to wake up
To learn your lines before you have the part
You woke up early and you walk up torn
You the temporary boarder
The heat wave humming in the house of cards
You spun chapter into rapture there
Yeah you were as brave as traffic
You chased the spotlight into her arms
And you forgot that you could file the knot
That you were still the person sleeping
The heat wave humming in the house of cards
A play for the girl
a cross for a hook
Sinking into the green sea wonder
Under the sea
walking the floor
Over the waves the wheeling thunder
Something's unguided in the sky
Tonight
There is something unguided in the sky
You wrote yourself into a corner, safe
Easy to defend your borders
A fallen saint into a whispered time
Killing time because I have to, why?
Because it isn't mine, remember?
Killing time because it wasn't mine
You're earning your stripes
You're counting the stars
You're winding your barely working watch
You're lucky to be
On a land like you are
Lucky you've already become
There's something unguided in the sky
Tonight
There is something unguided in the sky
And why wait
For the weakened state
To lie next
To the weaker sex?
And why wait
For the weakened state
To lie next
To the weaker sex?
You're earning your stripes
You're counting the stars
You're winding your barely working watch
You're lucky to be
On a land like you are
Lucky you've already become
There's something unguided in the sky
Tonight
There is something unguided in the sky
There's something unguided in the sky
Tonight
There is something unguided in the sky
Lyrics submitted by secondhandsky
Unguided Lyrics as written by Carl Allan Newman
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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