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 am thinking it's a sign
That the freckles in our eyes
Are mirror images and when we kiss
They're perfectly aligned
And I have to speculate
That God himself did make us
Into corresponding shapes
Like puzzle pieces from the clay
And true, it may seem like a stretch
But it's thoughts like this that catch
My troubled head when you're away
When I am missing you to death
When you are out there on the road
For several weeks of shows
And when you scan the radio
I hope this song will guide you home
They will see us waving from such great heights
"Come down now," they'll say
But everything looks perfect from far away
"Come down now," but we'll stay
I tried my best to leave
This all on your machine
But the persistent beat
It sounded thin upon listening
And that frankly will not fly
You will hear the shrillest highs
And lowest lows with the windows down
When this is guiding you home
They will see us waving from such great heights
"Come down now," they'll say
But everything looks perfect from far away
"Come down now," but we'll stay (x4)
That the freckles in our eyes
Are mirror images and when we kiss
They're perfectly aligned
And I have to speculate
That God himself did make us
Into corresponding shapes
Like puzzle pieces from the clay
And true, it may seem like a stretch
But it's thoughts like this that catch
My troubled head when you're away
When I am missing you to death
When you are out there on the road
For several weeks of shows
And when you scan the radio
I hope this song will guide you home
They will see us waving from such great heights
"Come down now," they'll say
But everything looks perfect from far away
"Come down now," but we'll stay
I tried my best to leave
This all on your machine
But the persistent beat
It sounded thin upon listening
And that frankly will not fly
You will hear the shrillest highs
And lowest lows with the windows down
When this is guiding you home
They will see us waving from such great heights
"Come down now," they'll say
But everything looks perfect from far away
"Come down now," but we'll stay (x4)
Lyrics submitted by BleedorBreathe
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it most definitely was a good idea.
I personaly think that this song was well done the lyrics are great CONFIDE IS THE BEST BAND EVER
Eh, I'm not sure doing this cover was a good idea.
It definitely was a good idea!
This cover is kick ass! =)
Confide needs to come to my town and play a kick ass show<3
fuckin grrreeat cover. i want them to come to my town tooo D;
i like confide's version of this song! postal service cover was horrible! but that could just be because i'm a big scremo fan!
it's not bad! i like the postal service's version since it's easy and calm on the ears, but if i want a good breakdown, then this version is perfect.
Love this version. I don't understand the hate.
I like the real version quite a bit better.. But the cover was good, and if the cover was never there I wouldn't have heard the real version!
This is the worst such great heights cover out there. Fucking crap, some songs are meant to be sung not screamed... The streetlight manifesto version is muuch better. Even iron and wine does it better.