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.
Shoot from the back,
take good aim,
Make sure I'm dead
Bang Bang
'Cause I'm a rat
there's no mistake
Under the bed
where you sleep
Crush the skull
make me tame
Sweep it up
Hide it away
No morals shown
in no way explained
Stupid human
Shit for brains
And draw tiny pictures
'round all the days
Bag and burn
Bang Bang
Throw your judgements
across the breeze
Bag and burn
Bang Bang
You live inside
your Jesus dream
Bag and burn
Bang Bang
Get some sleep
or lie in wait
Until the day
I run away
Forget the corpse
present the case
to bring me down
and lose your words
I'll follow you
into the grave
and at the gates
I see the passing say,
"The judge be judged,
and all the rich be saved."
I throw my curse
all across your days
And draw tiny pictures
'round all the days
Bag and burn
Bang Bang
Throw your judgements
across the breeze
Bag and burn
Bang Bang
You live inside
your Jesus dream
Bag and burn
Bang Bang
And draw tiny pictures
'round all the days
Throw your judgements
across the breeze
Watch them float off
to never be saved
You live inside
your Jesus dream
take good aim,
Make sure I'm dead
Bang Bang
'Cause I'm a rat
there's no mistake
Under the bed
where you sleep
Crush the skull
make me tame
Sweep it up
Hide it away
No morals shown
in no way explained
Stupid human
Shit for brains
And draw tiny pictures
'round all the days
Bag and burn
Bang Bang
Throw your judgements
across the breeze
Bag and burn
Bang Bang
You live inside
your Jesus dream
Bag and burn
Bang Bang
Get some sleep
or lie in wait
Until the day
I run away
Forget the corpse
present the case
to bring me down
and lose your words
I'll follow you
into the grave
and at the gates
I see the passing say,
"The judge be judged,
and all the rich be saved."
I throw my curse
all across your days
And draw tiny pictures
'round all the days
Bag and burn
Bang Bang
Throw your judgements
across the breeze
Bag and burn
Bang Bang
You live inside
your Jesus dream
Bag and burn
Bang Bang
And draw tiny pictures
'round all the days
Throw your judgements
across the breeze
Watch them float off
to never be saved
You live inside
your Jesus dream
Lyrics submitted by escottc
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"You live inside your Jesus dream" is the best line from this song by far. I think its about people and how we "throw all our judgments across the breeze" by killing the rats and sweeping up the dead leaves to bag and burn them. People pretend to believe in God, but they're killing the world to make it more convenient for them, which is the "Jesus dream" part. Its probably way off, but that's all I could make of it.