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 descended a dusty gravel ridge
Beneath the Bixby Canyon Bridge
Until I eventually arrived
At the place where your soul had died
Barefoot in the shallow creek,
I grabbed some stones from underneath
And waited for you to speak to me
And the silence; it became so very clear
That you had long ago disappeared
I cursed myself for being surprised
That this didn't play like it did in my mind
All the way from San Francisco
As I chased the end of your road
Cause I've still got miles to go
And I want to know my fate
If I keep up this way
And it's hard to want to stay awake
When everyone you need, they all seem to be asleep
And you wonder if you missed your dream
You can't see a dream
You can't see a dream
You just can't see a dream
And then it started getting dark
I truged back to where the car was parked
No closer to any kind of truth
Beneath the Bixby Canyon Bridge
Until I eventually arrived
At the place where your soul had died
Barefoot in the shallow creek,
I grabbed some stones from underneath
And waited for you to speak to me
And the silence; it became so very clear
That you had long ago disappeared
I cursed myself for being surprised
That this didn't play like it did in my mind
All the way from San Francisco
As I chased the end of your road
Cause I've still got miles to go
And I want to know my fate
If I keep up this way
And it's hard to want to stay awake
When everyone you need, they all seem to be asleep
And you wonder if you missed your dream
You can't see a dream
You can't see a dream
You just can't see a dream
And then it started getting dark
I truged back to where the car was parked
No closer to any kind of truth
Lyrics submitted by TDDx8, edited by kylebenjam, justgraceful14, indierox, Skulduggery
Bixby Canyon Bridge Lyrics as written by Benjamin Gibbard
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Hi everybody! DCFC is truly an amazing band Bixby anyon Bridge brings two different concepts to mind for me. Lost Love, and trying to Understand a mass social disconect. To me, Bixby Canyon is about leaving a love behind. After trying to search for something that is no longer mutual. Something ( an intimate relationship)that had died long before it was still able to be salvaged. The end of the song, "...No closer to any kind of truth as i must assume was the case with you", brings us to the conclusion that finally, the fact that the love is gone is recognized. But alas, the searching individual feels nothing was acomplished by this. A distant, but mutual confusion as to why the love did not last or what went wrong.
The second concept for me was about feeling lost in a world where emotional disconnect is dominant. "I want to know my fate. If I'll keep up this way. Cos it's hard to want to stay awake; when everyone you meet, they all seem to be asleep. And you wonder if you're missing the dream. You just can't see the dream." A feeling of being an outcast for trying to hold on to human emotions and compassion seems to stick out to me. You wonder if you should disconnect and simply dwell like the others, because maybe it will hurt less to just exist as they do; without truly feeling love or hurt. " you just can't see the dream"
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