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.
Stagger into the light
( Joan as Police Woman EP )
I do
Want every night
To feel like the eagle in flight
I do
And if you feel like you might
Want to share this with me
Well, I beckon you
To me
This is an attempt to recover
The stone in the gold
And the ice, ever-crystalline
And the oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
That acts like it's lost it's place
In this warring world
Listen to me
Stagger into the light
Stagger into the light
The earth is child
Treat her tonight as if she were infant
And you're her first springtime
Remember the human piece
Rips like tissue when trying to get the gift
This gift
This is an attempt to recover
The song in the reed
How it bends to become you
And the oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
That acts like it's lost it's place
In this warring world
Listen to me
Stagger into the light
Stagger into the light
Oh-
Stagger into the light
Cause I do
Feel like tonight could be every night
For forever
And I know you feel the same way
I do, I do
Send you eyes my way
We'll recover the warmth of the dirt
And the shine in the salty air
And the oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
That acts like it's lost it's place
In this warring world
Stagger into the light
Stagger into the light
Oh
Stagger into the light
( Joan as Police Woman EP )
I do
Want every night
To feel like the eagle in flight
I do
And if you feel like you might
Want to share this with me
Well, I beckon you
To me
This is an attempt to recover
The stone in the gold
And the ice, ever-crystalline
And the oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
That acts like it's lost it's place
In this warring world
Listen to me
Stagger into the light
Stagger into the light
The earth is child
Treat her tonight as if she were infant
And you're her first springtime
Remember the human piece
Rips like tissue when trying to get the gift
This gift
This is an attempt to recover
The song in the reed
How it bends to become you
And the oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
That acts like it's lost it's place
In this warring world
Listen to me
Stagger into the light
Stagger into the light
Oh-
Stagger into the light
Cause I do
Feel like tonight could be every night
For forever
And I know you feel the same way
I do, I do
Send you eyes my way
We'll recover the warmth of the dirt
And the shine in the salty air
And the oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
That acts like it's lost it's place
In this warring world
Stagger into the light
Stagger into the light
Oh
Stagger into the light
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This is an attempt to recover the song in the reed, how it bends to become you” Move from the closed eye of darkness into the open eye of light and potential. Rumi, the most famous of the Sufi poets, deals with this concept frequently. He describes the wild-growing reed as a potential flute full of songs and melodies. Everything, he feels, has every potential if one is open to it. The world is a constantly growing garden this way. The most mundane object becomes the most exciting. I marry romance and dedicate my life and death to it.