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.
To the multi-story car park
With our friends
Drinking from a bottle
Of white lightning
On top of marks and sparks
Roof running
Smoking
Chronic
Hectic
And it seems that
Nothing now will ever change.
And it seems that
Were on our own again
And it seems that
Nothing now will ever change.
And it seems that
Were on our own again
And it seems that
Nothing now will ever change.
And it seems that
Were on our own again
We'll convene at mine 3PM to play Sega Megadrive Golden Axe and Sonic all day
Never Played It? (I'll Teach Ya)
Can't Hack It? (I'll Beat Ya)
Whilst Pendell's making rhymes in the corner with a litre of finest Scrumpy Jack,
Whilst PDEX pumps out the latest big club track
We'll take it to Justin's and hit his King Kong
Then we'll gather round the piano for a little sing song.
Oh if I could kidnap that feeling
The one that melts all fear's from your mind
I'd make no demands, no ransom.
'Cause I'd never set it free.
'Cause I'd never set it free.
Oh if I could kidnap that feeling
The one that melts all fear's from your mind
I'd make no demands, no ransom.
'Cause I'd never set it free.
'Cause I'd never set it free.
'Cause I'd never set it free.
All false Halcyon days
And Halcyon nights
Before we began to realize
That these aren't right.
And it seems that
Nothing now will ever change.
And it seems that
Were on our own again
And it seems that
Nothing now will ever change.
And it seems that
Were on our own again
And it seems that
Nothing now will ever change.
And it seems that
Were on our own again
With our friends
Drinking from a bottle
Of white lightning
On top of marks and sparks
Roof running
Smoking
Chronic
Hectic
And it seems that
Nothing now will ever change.
And it seems that
Were on our own again
And it seems that
Nothing now will ever change.
And it seems that
Were on our own again
And it seems that
Nothing now will ever change.
And it seems that
Were on our own again
We'll convene at mine 3PM to play Sega Megadrive Golden Axe and Sonic all day
Never Played It? (I'll Teach Ya)
Can't Hack It? (I'll Beat Ya)
Whilst Pendell's making rhymes in the corner with a litre of finest Scrumpy Jack,
Whilst PDEX pumps out the latest big club track
We'll take it to Justin's and hit his King Kong
Then we'll gather round the piano for a little sing song.
Oh if I could kidnap that feeling
The one that melts all fear's from your mind
I'd make no demands, no ransom.
'Cause I'd never set it free.
'Cause I'd never set it free.
Oh if I could kidnap that feeling
The one that melts all fear's from your mind
I'd make no demands, no ransom.
'Cause I'd never set it free.
'Cause I'd never set it free.
'Cause I'd never set it free.
All false Halcyon days
And Halcyon nights
Before we began to realize
That these aren't right.
And it seems that
Nothing now will ever change.
And it seems that
Were on our own again
And it seems that
Nothing now will ever change.
And it seems that
Were on our own again
And it seems that
Nothing now will ever change.
And it seems that
Were on our own again
Lyrics submitted by hawtpawkithero, edited by BlueDiamondx3
Hectic Lyrics as written by Liam Rory Clewlow Chris Batten
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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yeeeh <br /> its about rou and the boys <br /> <br /> "having good times in st albans and in verulanium park"
adsmylie knows what he's talking about. its all about chillin in STA
'On top of mark's and sparks' roof smoking chronic, hectic'
Thats the line, marks and sparks is a shop in the UK called marks and spencers.
glad to help
Oh and also, one of the chorus lines goes 'and it seems that we're all, all on our own aga-ain'
Can everyone calm it
the first verse is something to do with being in a park with your friends, which fits with the reference to drinking from a puddle of white lightening because thats a popular cheap cider that a lot of kids buy cause its so cheap and its part of british youth culture getting drunk in parks.
"and it seems like nothing now will ever change, and it seems like we're on our own again"
the speaking bit is something to do with sega megadrive and playing sonic all day, and making rhymes in the corner with a pint of the finest scrumpy jack, and the latest big club track. so hard to understand though.
this is definitely one of the best songs on the album though, such a great sound and the "we're o-o-on our own a-ga-ain" makes me shiver.
You have it wrong.
It's:
"To the multi story car park; With our friends Drinking from a bottle Of White Lightning ----dunno Smoking Chronic Hectic
We'll convene at mine 3PM to play Sega Megadrive Golden axe and sonic all day Never played it (I'll teach ya) Tried to hack it (I'll beat ya) Finest scrumpy jack Whilst PDEX pops out the lastest -something- Doing justice to the latest king kong. Come around the piano; for an old sing song.
The last part of Verse 1 is hard to understand.
"Can't hack it (I'll beat ya)" "Whilst PDEX pumps out the latest big club track" "We'll take it to Justin's and hit his King Kong then we'll gather round the piano for a little sing song"
So far I got:
[undecipherable] with my friends and drinking from a bottle of white lightning [undecipherable] roof running smoking chronic hectic
[Chorus:] (And it seems that) nothing now will ever change (And it seems that) we're o o on our own again x3
We'll convene at mine 3PM to play Sega Megadrive Golden Axe and Sonic all day Never Played It? (I'll Teach Ya) Can't Hack It? (I'll Beat Ya) [undecipherable] making rhymes in the corner with a litre of finest Scrumpy Jack, whilst PDEX bombs out the latest big club track we'll take it to Justin's and hit his King Kong and we'll gather round the piano for a little sing song
(Oh we're back again at that feeling, the one that melts off is from your mind, I make no demands, not a ransom) Cause I never set it free Cause I never set it free (Oh we're back again at that feeling, the one that melts off is from your mind, I make no demands, not a ransom) Cause I never set it free Cause I never set it free Cause I never set it free
All those halcyon days and halcyon nights, before we began to realise that this was right
[Chorus:] (And it seems that) nothing now will ever change (And it seems that) we're o o on our own again x3
"Whilst Pendell makes it rhyme in the corner with a litre of finest Scrumpy Jack"... not sure exactly about the rest of the line but it's 100% Pendell (friend of ES).
And Chris's part starts with "I wish I could kidnap that feeling..."
"Oh if I could kidnap that feeling..." actually.