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 see the sweat is dripping
That's because you know just what I'm thinking
Don't look back it's me who follows
And there ain't nothing from me you can borrow
You like to hide behind lies
But we see through your disguise
It's not a threat or a curse
Just a proper verse
I'm gonna make you let go
Of what you tried to withhold
And I can promise it won't be long
Yes I can promise
Boy, you better pray
We don't seek you out, no
You better pray
You think the war is over
I've only shown you the tip of the iceberg
And you rely upon your lawyers
But at night when you sleep does it bother you?
You like to hide behind lies
But we see through your disguise
It's not a threat or a curse
Just a proper verse
I'm gonna make you let go
Of what you tried to withhold
And I can promise it won't be long
Yes I can promise
Boy, you better pray
We don't seek you out, no
You better hope
We might lose control, no
Is this good enough for you man?
Boy, you better pray
We don't seek you out, no
You better hope
We might lose control, no
That's because you know just what I'm thinking
Don't look back it's me who follows
And there ain't nothing from me you can borrow
You like to hide behind lies
But we see through your disguise
It's not a threat or a curse
Just a proper verse
I'm gonna make you let go
Of what you tried to withhold
And I can promise it won't be long
Yes I can promise
Boy, you better pray
We don't seek you out, no
You better pray
You think the war is over
I've only shown you the tip of the iceberg
And you rely upon your lawyers
But at night when you sleep does it bother you?
You like to hide behind lies
But we see through your disguise
It's not a threat or a curse
Just a proper verse
I'm gonna make you let go
Of what you tried to withhold
And I can promise it won't be long
Yes I can promise
Boy, you better pray
We don't seek you out, no
You better hope
We might lose control, no
Is this good enough for you man?
Boy, you better pray
We don't seek you out, no
You better hope
We might lose control, no
Lyrics submitted by thingcalled_love
You Better Pray Lyrics as written by Ronnie Winter
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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i can't help but love this song. the lyrics are so like, in your face. like for a pest im prtty opt by paramore. love this shit, definitely.
and his voice. that thing he does at the beginning and the end. lmao fucking weird, but sexy.
by accident i hit reply to ethans comment...sorry ethan i think its a pretty good song, its got a lot of good guitar in it, a bit different then their usual and more variety i think this song is about someone takeing advantage of someone and asking too much from them, and he's starting to get scared because the other guy is starting to turn on him
this song is...idk different... its not like thair other stuff but yeah its ok XD
it's okay, but not what I expected from RJA I like the music video though, since I draw so many sketches too :)
When I heard this on the radio, I would have never guessed it was RJA. Now I've never been a huge fan of theirs, but it wasn't like I didn't like them. (Ass shaker was a great song) I was neutral when it came to them. But this, this is a pleasant change up. The vocal harmonies on "....out" on the chorus are insanely impressive. I thought this was some new band that just came out, and as a musician I was wow'ed at how well this song was put together. And I don't even like this southern rock sound.
The vocal notes he hits on the beginning and the end are mind blowing. I would have never guessed he had such an impressive range. At the very beginning when he hit that first note, I was like "I'm gonna be pissed if this is Axl and the new Guns & Roses" because I despise that guy and I was diggin the song. Right when he sang on the verse I knew it wasn't. I had to look it up on my phone, and when RJA came up as the search result for "You better pray, we don't seek you out" I was like, there's no way!
But it was, and now my mind is blown. Much better than that poppy punk-ish sound. Way to expand your horizons RJA! Kudos!
My favorite by RJA so far. (:
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"We don't seek you out, no, no"
Sung really well :] Different from their other songs but definitely a fab thing.
This song is pretty fucking awesome. :D I had to get used to the new stuff, it's quite different from the old stuff. But I think I really like it.
I love their old stuff way more. but this song is good. They have a few goodies on the new album. \:
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You like to hide behind lies But we see through your disguise It's not a threat or a curse Just a proper verse
I'm gonna make you let go Of what you tried to withhold And I can promise it won't be long Yes I can promise