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.
Light up with me, my dear
Light up
Under stormy night, tell nobody
My brother, where do you intend to go tonight?
I heard that you missed your connecting flight
To the Blue Ridge Mountains, over near Tennessee
You're ever welcome with me any time you like
Let's drive to the country side
Leave behind some green-eyed look-a-likes
So no one gets worried, no
So no one gets worried, no
But, Sean, don't get callous
I'm sure it'll be fine
I love you, I love you
Oh brother of mine
In the quivering forest
Where the shivering dog rests
Our good grandfather
Built a wooden nest
And the river got frozen
And the hole got snowed in
And the yellow moon glowed bright
'Til the morning light
Terrible am I, child?
Even if you don't mind
In the quivering forest
Where the shivering dog rests
Our good grandfather
Built a wooden nest
And the river got frozen
And the home got snowed in
And the yellow moon glowed bright
'Til the morning light
Terrible am I, child?
Even if you don't mind
No
Light up
Under stormy night, tell nobody
My brother, where do you intend to go tonight?
I heard that you missed your connecting flight
To the Blue Ridge Mountains, over near Tennessee
You're ever welcome with me any time you like
Let's drive to the country side
Leave behind some green-eyed look-a-likes
So no one gets worried, no
So no one gets worried, no
But, Sean, don't get callous
I'm sure it'll be fine
I love you, I love you
Oh brother of mine
In the quivering forest
Where the shivering dog rests
Our good grandfather
Built a wooden nest
And the river got frozen
And the hole got snowed in
And the yellow moon glowed bright
'Til the morning light
Terrible am I, child?
Even if you don't mind
In the quivering forest
Where the shivering dog rests
Our good grandfather
Built a wooden nest
And the river got frozen
And the home got snowed in
And the yellow moon glowed bright
'Til the morning light
Terrible am I, child?
Even if you don't mind
No
Lyrics submitted by obnoxious, edited by RamuneDrink, mindfckd4life, Pagan, Salvar, jcovarru, Swirlyink, yayscience120, midnightcowboy, tangential1, PouletSansNom, broadpath
Blue Ridge Mountains Lyrics as written by Robin Pecknold
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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my 2 cents. shivering forest, shivering dog rests....our good grandfather built a wooden nest (forest, rests, nest) Nest=house (that got snowed in).
One idea is robin's brother sean moved to NYC..could he be callous (not sure) i lived there for 5 years was a little de sensitised i'm sure.