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.
With the pressure kids
And the master face
Take the temperature
But please don't scratch me out
We will close at five
Guess we both can wait
I built enough for sure
Please don't scratch me out
And life lines
Live below the waist
Well, it's a catcher
Please don't scratch me out
You can fuss and fight
You can figure it
And don't look first
Please don't scratch me out
And all the men arrive
And all the women leave
This blood isn't yours
Please don't scratch me out
It's a still life
That we celebrate
And with such a mouth
Please don't scratch me out
And the master face
Take the temperature
But please don't scratch me out
We will close at five
Guess we both can wait
I built enough for sure
Please don't scratch me out
And life lines
Live below the waist
Well, it's a catcher
Please don't scratch me out
You can fuss and fight
You can figure it
And don't look first
Please don't scratch me out
And all the men arrive
And all the women leave
This blood isn't yours
Please don't scratch me out
It's a still life
That we celebrate
And with such a mouth
Please don't scratch me out
Lyrics submitted by clockwrist
Bodhi Sappy Weekend Lyrics as written by Charles Spearin Brendan Canning
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"in my face" = "and the ___" "we'll close at five" = "with the ____ fire" "kiss my broken wing" = "guess we both can win" "and laugh lines" = "and the lifelines" "you can" = "you can falsify" "you can think of me" = "you can think of it"
second verse is:
with our clothes on fire i guess we both can wait i built an ark for sure
The Buddha became enlightened under the Bodhi tree.
The song is, I think, about accepting the futility of life and the inevitability of death, and loving in spite of it. 'Please don't scratch me out' is a plea not to God (or any other omnipresent or supernatural force) but, merely, to his lover.
Here are the lyrics written in the LP. with the pressure kids and the masterfade your take a temperature
with our clothes on fire I guess we both can wait I built an ark for sure
and the life lines live below the waist it's a capturer
you can force a fight you can fake a rape but don't look first
and all the men are white and the women late this blood isn't yours
this is new life that we celebrate inside your mouth.
Here are the lyrics written in the LP. with the pressure kids and the masterfade your take a temperature
with our clothes on fire I guess we both can wait I built an ark for sure
and the life lines live below the waist it's a capturer
you can force a fight you can fake a rape but don't look first
and all the men are white and the women late this blood isn't yours
this is new life that we celebrate inside your mouth.
it's changed.
"and all the men are white and the women late this blood isn't yours"
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it sounds like "and all the men arrive, and all the women late"
second favourite on album, first being Gang Bang Suicide.