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 killed someone
deep in the woods
I killed someone
it wasn't the right thing, it wasn't a good
thing to do
cause I'm lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely now
he said "maybe I am a monster and I'll never change"
but he turned into so many monsters in my arms
and I just held tight
and then I said "I'll hold on to you until your bones fuse with mine,
I will bleed my love into you until your muscles will find mine"
but I killed someone out in the woods
I killed the one I loved
and it wasn't the right thing, it wasn't the right thing to do
but I'm lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely now
his breath...it rattled like the call of cicadas in the hot summer night
and his arms...they thrashed around like limbs of trees caught in a hurricane
when I killed someone
out in the woods
I killed someone
but you have to believe that I did it for love
and I'm lonely, lonely, lonely now
now I sleep all alone in my ivy colored home
and the crickets outside, they're chirping they say
"oh you done wrong"
and the wind blows scolding me through the house all day long
and it says "you killed someone, out in the woods
you killed someone
and I'll never believe that you did it for love"
so lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely now
deep in the woods
I killed someone
it wasn't the right thing, it wasn't a good
thing to do
cause I'm lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely now
he said "maybe I am a monster and I'll never change"
but he turned into so many monsters in my arms
and I just held tight
and then I said "I'll hold on to you until your bones fuse with mine,
I will bleed my love into you until your muscles will find mine"
but I killed someone out in the woods
I killed the one I loved
and it wasn't the right thing, it wasn't the right thing to do
but I'm lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely now
his breath...it rattled like the call of cicadas in the hot summer night
and his arms...they thrashed around like limbs of trees caught in a hurricane
when I killed someone
out in the woods
I killed someone
but you have to believe that I did it for love
and I'm lonely, lonely, lonely now
now I sleep all alone in my ivy colored home
and the crickets outside, they're chirping they say
"oh you done wrong"
and the wind blows scolding me through the house all day long
and it says "you killed someone, out in the woods
you killed someone
and I'll never believe that you did it for love"
so lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely now
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