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.
So watch my chest heave
As this last breath leaves me
I am trying to be
What you're dying to see
I feel like "fuck man,
Can't take this, anymore,
This heart, break this."
This is life that's so thankless,
How could he just forsake us?
Breaks us he makes us
Hate us he gave us
Nothing but no trust
And I am so fucked up
So let this gun bond us
Let's hide by this lust
And once we are just dust
He'll know that he loved us
Let it all burn
I will burn first
God I've tried, am I lost in your eyes?
Just let me burn, it's what I deserve.
God I've lied, am I lost in your eyes?
So take me and make me
Weakened and save me
This hate that you gave me
Keeps saying the same thing
To sing when you hurt
And to sing when you cry
To sing when you live
And to sing when you die
And here at the end
At the end of the hurt
All the pain ain't the same
When it's your turn to burn
We're the heart for the heartless,
The thoughts for the thoughtless,
The eyes for the eyeless
We're the gods of the godless!
Let it all burn
I will burn first
God I've tried, am I lost in your eyes?
Just let me burn, it's what I deserve.
God I've lied, am I lost in your eyes?
So cry 3 tears for me,
When it's all gone,
Sing me this song
So cry 3 tears for me,
When it's all gone,
When it's all gone
I can not stand
Who I am I'm this man
With this blood on my hands
In this blood I am damned
So watch my wings burn
As they burn in the fire
I'll scatter the ashes
No need for the choir
Let it all burn
I will burn first
God I've tried, am I lost in your eyes?
Just let me burn, it's what I deserve.
God I've lied, am I lost in your eyes?
This hate that you gave me keeps saying
Just let me burn,
Just let me burn
This hate that you gave me keeps saying
Just let me burn,
Just let me burn
Burn
Now
Burn
Just let me burn
Now
Burn
Burn!
As this last breath leaves me
I am trying to be
What you're dying to see
I feel like "fuck man,
Can't take this, anymore,
This heart, break this."
This is life that's so thankless,
How could he just forsake us?
Breaks us he makes us
Hate us he gave us
Nothing but no trust
And I am so fucked up
So let this gun bond us
Let's hide by this lust
And once we are just dust
He'll know that he loved us
Let it all burn
I will burn first
God I've tried, am I lost in your eyes?
Just let me burn, it's what I deserve.
God I've lied, am I lost in your eyes?
So take me and make me
Weakened and save me
This hate that you gave me
Keeps saying the same thing
To sing when you hurt
And to sing when you cry
To sing when you live
And to sing when you die
And here at the end
At the end of the hurt
All the pain ain't the same
When it's your turn to burn
We're the heart for the heartless,
The thoughts for the thoughtless,
The eyes for the eyeless
We're the gods of the godless!
Let it all burn
I will burn first
God I've tried, am I lost in your eyes?
Just let me burn, it's what I deserve.
God I've lied, am I lost in your eyes?
So cry 3 tears for me,
When it's all gone,
Sing me this song
So cry 3 tears for me,
When it's all gone,
When it's all gone
I can not stand
Who I am I'm this man
With this blood on my hands
In this blood I am damned
So watch my wings burn
As they burn in the fire
I'll scatter the ashes
No need for the choir
Let it all burn
I will burn first
God I've tried, am I lost in your eyes?
Just let me burn, it's what I deserve.
God I've lied, am I lost in your eyes?
This hate that you gave me keeps saying
Just let me burn,
Just let me burn
This hate that you gave me keeps saying
Just let me burn,
Just let me burn
Burn
Now
Burn
Just let me burn
Now
Burn
Burn!
Lyrics submitted by coxistence, edited by SCTT, communism12, Dicksiecups
Paradise Lost Lyrics as written by George Arthur Ragan George Don Gilmore
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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