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.
Got this funny feeling
That maybe I think too much
Like a chef poking and prodding
Philosophers whose lost his mind
A lover’s whose lost his touch
But I got this funny felling
That the woman I’ve been longing for
Is just in my imagination
She’s just my projection
My sweat little confection
But it seems all I got are these uncertainties
And long roads ahead of me
Seems all I got are these uncertainties
And long roads ahead of me
But I got this funny feeling
Like I wanna do some good
But I feel all tangled up on the inside
I still like to think I could
I still like to think I would
But the world just seems so heavy
The ocean steady on the rise
Our children kill our children
Politics and all the lies
When I go over all the lies
Seems all I got are these uncertainties
And long roads ahead of me
All I got are these infatuations
Constant complications
These are my creations
Hope I have the patience
To brake on free
To break on free
Sometimes you gotta hurt child
Still all that you love
Still all that you’ve got; choices
But you’re more than just your mind
Cuz all we all need a little time
But it seems all I got are these uncertainties
And long roads ahead of me
But it seems all I got are these uncertainties
And long roads ahead of me
But it seems all I got are these uncertainties
And long roads ahead of me
Seem all I got these infatuations
Constant complications
These are my creations
Hope I have the patience
The patience
To brake on free
To break on free
That maybe I think too much
Like a chef poking and prodding
Philosophers whose lost his mind
A lover’s whose lost his touch
But I got this funny felling
That the woman I’ve been longing for
Is just in my imagination
She’s just my projection
My sweat little confection
But it seems all I got are these uncertainties
And long roads ahead of me
Seems all I got are these uncertainties
And long roads ahead of me
But I got this funny feeling
Like I wanna do some good
But I feel all tangled up on the inside
I still like to think I could
I still like to think I would
But the world just seems so heavy
The ocean steady on the rise
Our children kill our children
Politics and all the lies
When I go over all the lies
Seems all I got are these uncertainties
And long roads ahead of me
All I got are these infatuations
Constant complications
These are my creations
Hope I have the patience
To brake on free
To break on free
Sometimes you gotta hurt child
Still all that you love
Still all that you’ve got; choices
But you’re more than just your mind
Cuz all we all need a little time
But it seems all I got are these uncertainties
And long roads ahead of me
But it seems all I got are these uncertainties
And long roads ahead of me
But it seems all I got are these uncertainties
And long roads ahead of me
Seem all I got these infatuations
Constant complications
These are my creations
Hope I have the patience
The patience
To brake on free
To break on free
Lyrics submitted by lety26
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All the thoughts his mind give him are creating option after option and imagination wrapped in imagination so he just wants to know reality outside of his thoughts, so he can be succesful and happy....its his mind that makes him uneased and uncertain not because of low self esteem but because of imagination and rich thought making the road lofty and long....he wants simplicity.....