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.
Orville and Wilbur
cold cut the anchor's from their ankle,
carving propellers from whale fins
in the back of a bicycle shop...
and thus begins the tale
of the thumb trigger cloud kill.
At last the Wright's reinvented the horse with wings,
another invention only fit for a mannequin.
Early time machine's
will have tended to leave you
left screaming
on a dinosaur's dish.
In da Vinci's "Bike Accident',
an outerspace whodunit?
monkeys play Magellan
as the next ex-Edison,
standing out in the crowd with a unicycle.
Physics of a unicycle...
twice the remarkable.
Hum diddle liddle liddle
Hum diddle la
Someone's splitting atoms in the flag, barbed wire
Up in the sky where the war planes fly
Dead in the clouds with the gods' cold lie
cold cut the anchor's from their ankle,
carving propellers from whale fins
in the back of a bicycle shop...
and thus begins the tale
of the thumb trigger cloud kill.
At last the Wright's reinvented the horse with wings,
another invention only fit for a mannequin.
Early time machine's
will have tended to leave you
left screaming
on a dinosaur's dish.
In da Vinci's "Bike Accident',
an outerspace whodunit?
monkeys play Magellan
as the next ex-Edison,
standing out in the crowd with a unicycle.
Physics of a unicycle...
twice the remarkable.
Hum diddle liddle liddle
Hum diddle la
Someone's splitting atoms in the flag, barbed wire
Up in the sky where the war planes fly
Dead in the clouds with the gods' cold lie
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Alright. Here's what I've got. I'm really confident in this as I think I can find a meaning in it, too.
Hum diddle liddle liddle Hum diddle la Someone's splitting atoms in the flag, barbed wire Up in the sky where the war planes fly Dead in the clouds where the gods cold lie
And I think the "someone's splitting atoms in the flag, barbed wire" line refers to the American flag. The 'split atoms' are the stars and the 'barbed wire' is the stripes.
The only line I'm not sure on is the last one, as I don't really see what it means, but out of all the times I've heard the verse (Son of a Gun, The Teeth Behind Kisses and Physics of a Unicycle) it's what seems to match the most.
@DrROCKZO It's Dead in the clouds with the gods cold lie.